Dancer in the Revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem Communist at the Cotton Club. by Johnson, Howard Eugene, 1915-2000

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Part I -- 1 Early Days -- 2 Harlem and the Cotton Club -- 3 Moving Up -- 4 Show Biz -- 5 Joining the Party -- Part II -- 6 The Young Communist League -- 7 The War Years -- 8 Back Home -- 9 La Lucha Continua -- Part III -- 10 Starting Over -- 11 Malimwu -- 12 The Cotton Club Revisited -- 13 Martin Luther King Day in Hawaii -- 14 Paris to Texas and Home Again -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Map of Harlem Nightclubs in the 1930s and â€?…”
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The history of jazz by Gioia, Ted

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Marshal Royal (e). by Royal

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Editor's Note; 1 The Family; 2 I Go To Work; 3 Around Los Angeles; 4 The Cotton Club; 5 I Am The Father Of The Family; 6 With Lionel; 7 The Navy And After; 8 With Count Basic; 9 The Birdland Years; 10 More Basie Years; 11 The Years After Basie; Recording Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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The man that got away : the life and songs of Harold Arlen by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…Buffalo, NY -- New York, NY -- "Get happy" -- The Cotton Club -- Anya -- "Stormy weather" -- On Broadway with Ira and Yip -- "Last night when we were young" -- Marriage -- Death of Gershwin -- Hooray for what! …”
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Hi-de-ho : the life of Cab Calloway by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Baltimore Buzz, 1907-1927; Chapter 2: Chicago High Life, 1927-1930; Chapter 3: Cotton Club Stomp, 1930-1931; Chapter 4: Harlem Fuss, 1931-1933; Chapter 5: Zaz Zuh Zaz, 1933-1934; Chapter 6: On the Road Again, 1934-1937; Chapter 7: Chuberry Jam, 1937-1939; Chapter 8: Dizzy Atmosphere, 1939-1941; Chapter 9: Cruisin' with Cab, 1941-1948; Chapter 10: Porgy, 1949-1970; Chapter 11: The Hi-De-Ho Man, 1971-1994; Suggested Selected Recordings; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Jab : Campaign Promise. by Halliday, Mark, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Acknowledgments; Time in a Brown House; The Pink Car; Thirteenth Round; Summer 1935; The Man Who Is Not at the Table; Olivier Bergmann; Poetry Failure; The Sunny Ridge; Head Wound; Scale; Summer Planning; Strawberry Milkshake; Contents; Cotton Club Classics; Nights at Ruby's; Against Realism; Lunch with Big Steve; Trumpet Player, 1963; The Beloved; Not Us; The Schuylkill; A Good Thing; 18,000 CDs; Campaign Promise; Shnordink's Butterfly; Big Picture; New Thing; Separated Father; Divorced Fathers and Pizza Crusts; Heavy Trash; The Fedge; Parkersburg; The Issue Here; Seven Baskets.…”
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Two dollars and a dream

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Arkansas godfather : the story of Owney Madden and how he hijacked Middle America by Nown, Graham

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New York's historic restaurants, inns & taverns : storied establishments from the City to the Hudson Valley by Brienza, Laura, 1988-

Table of Contents: “…A brief history of New York City -- [1]Manhattan -- Barbetta -- Cotton Club -- Delmonico's -- Ear Inn -- Fraunces Tavern -- Frying Pan -- Grand Central Oyster Bar -- Julius and the Stonewall Inn -- Keens Steak House -- Lombardi's Pizza -- McSorley's Old Ale House -- Nom Wah Tea Parlor -- Old Homestead Steak House -- Old Town Bar -- One If By Land Two If By Sea -- Pete's Tavern -- P.J. …”
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Jazz. Episode three, Our language. by Burns, Ken, 1953-

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Music, Movies, Meanings, and Markets : Cinemajazzamatazz. by Holbrook, Morris

Table of Contents: “…Part III: The Plot Thickens: Cinemusical Meanings in the Crime-Plus-Jazz GenreIntroduction to Part III; 4 Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); 5 The Cotton Club (1984); 6 Kansas City (1996); Part IV: Jazz, Films, and Macromarketing Themes: Art versus Commerce in the Young Man-with-a-Horn Genre; Introduction to Part IV; 7 Young Man with a Horn (1950); 8 Paris Blues (1961); 9 Mo' Better Blues (1990); Part V: Ambi-Diegetic, Nondiegetic, and Diegetic Cinemusical Meanings in Motion Pictures: Commerce, Art, and Brando Loyalty ... or ... …”
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From now on : new and selected poems, 1970-2015 by Major, Clarence

Table of Contents: “…; This Temple; Holy Ghost Woman; Theater; The Distance between Tomorrow and Me; Float Up; My People Are in Centers; The Rose and Satisfaction; From The Cotton Club (1972); 1915 Interior; 1919.…”
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Sweet Home Chicago.

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