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City of Gabriels : the history of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973
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City of Gabriels : the history of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 / Dennis Owsley ; [foreword by Clark Terry]
ISBN
1933370041
Published
St. Louis, Mo. : Reedy Press, c2006.
Physical Description
vii, 200 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"... published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name in the History of Jazz Gallery, September 2006-June 2007, organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries ..."--T.p. verso.
"Published in collaboration with the Sheldon Concert Hall and the Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri."--p. [4] of cover.
Variant and related titles
History of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The pre-jazz era (1895-1919)
The riverboats and the 1920s (1919-1929)
St. Louis in the 1930s: the Plantation Club, the unions, and the decline of the riverboats (1930-1939)
The war years: Jimmy Blanton, Miles Davis's St. Louis years, and the inception of jazz radio in St. Louis (1939-1949)
The jazz scene in St. Louis in the 1950s (1949-1960)
The rise & fall of Gaslight Square (1959-1967)
The polarization of St. Louis jazz: traditional jazz and BAG (1968-1973)
Epilogue
Appendix: Charter members of the St. Louis Jazz Club.
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