| Description |
x, 229 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) 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. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
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Rivers -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
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Rivers. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
0226437337 cloth alkaline paper |
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