Author’s Note

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Author’s Note vii
4. Urban Routes, Utopian Pathways 1
5. Part I: Birmingham
6. 1. Downtown Sounds 11
7. 2. Industrial School to Territory Band 27
8. 3. Leadership Dreams 39
9. Part II: Chicago
10. 4. South Side Music Scene 51
11. 5. “Sound So Loud It Will Wake Up the Dead” 93
12. 6. Utopian Chicago 128
13. 7. African Space 166
14. 8. Wonder Inn, 1960 202
15. Lineages/Legacies 215
16. Acknowledgments 229
17. Notes 233
18. Index 295