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Author:

Kenney, William Howland.

Title:

Jazz on the river / William Howland Kenney.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xi, 229 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jazz--History and criticism.
Rivers--United States--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Masters of the river : Streckfus Steamers, Inc. and the "swan complex" -- Fate marable, musical professionalism, and the great migration -- Groovin' on the river : Louis Armstrong and riverboat culture -- From Beale Street to Market Street: music and movement through Memphis and St. Louis -- "Blue river" : Bix Beiderbecke and Jess Stacy on the Mississippi -- Steamin' to the end of the line : jazz on, along, and beyond the Ohio River -- Epilogue: the decline and fall of excursion boat jazz in St. Louis.

ISBN:

9780226437330 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226437337 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004015751

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)