Central Avenue Sounds - Jazz in Los Angeles

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List of contents

Photographs
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Steven Isoardi
Maps of Central Avenue area
Introduction: The Formation of
    Los Angeles's Black Community
    
Part One: The Emergence of Central Avenue
Marshal Royal
Lee Young
Fletcher Smith

Part Two: The Watts Scene
Coney Woodman
William "Brother" Woodman, Jr.
Britt Woodman
Buddy Collette
David Bryant
Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely

Part Three: The Eastside at High Tide
Jack Kelson
William Douglass
Melba Liston
Art Farmer
Horace Tapscott

Part Four: Drawn by Central's Magic- New Faces
Gerald Wiggins
Gerald Wilson
Clora Bryant
William Green
Marl Young
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

The authors are members of the Central Avenue Sounds Editorial Committee, which includes seven musicians represented in the book: Clora Bryant,Buddy Collette,William Green, Jack Kelson, Horace Tapscott, Gerald Wilson, and Marl Young. Steven Isoardi is researcher/interviewer for the "Central Avenue Sounds" project of the UCLA Oral History Program.

Summary

Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue from the 1920s to the early 1950s, this text provides a picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history. Included are firsthand reminiscences by and about jazz legends such as Charlie Parker and Art Farmer.

Product details

• Authors: Clora Bryant, Clora Collette Bryant, Bryant/Collette
• Assisted by: Clora Bryant (Editor), Bryant Clora (Editor), Buddy Collette (Editor), Collette Buddy (Editor), William Green (Editor), Green William (Editor), Steve Isoardi (Editor), Steven Isoardi (Editor), Isoardi Steve (Editor), Marl Young (Editor), Young Marl (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.1999
• EAN: 9780520220980
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22098-0
• No. of pages: 465
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Jazz, Blues, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, California, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, Local History, Social and cultural history, Popular Music, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General