Joined at the hip a history of jazz in the Twin Cities

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Jazz first churned its way into the Twin Cities on the Mississippi river excursion boats, which brought the likes of Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong to listeners on the levee<U+2014>and it never left. When Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and other jazz greats toured the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goetting, Jay
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Jazz > Minnesota > Minneapolis > History and criticism.
Jazz > Minnesota > Saint Paul > History and criticism.
Jazz > Social aspects > Minnesota.
Table of Contents:
  • Cruising up the river
  • Jazz, jazz everywhere--and not a drop to drink
  • The Near Northside
  • Prejudice in a progressive setting
  • The musicians' union
  • On the avenue
  • Twin Cities jazz celebs
  • Way up north in Dixieland
  • From swing to bebop to beyond
  • The clubs
  • The big bands
  • The singers
  • Jazz on the air
  • Jazz in the new millennium.

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