Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Permissions x
5. Introduction. Nostalgia for the Lush Life 1
6. Chapter One. Pie Eye’s Juke Joint: Jazz and Its Interpretations 7
7. Chapter Two. The Porters and Waiters Club: Jazz, Movies, and Ogden 21
8. Chapter Three. Studio Jazz from Harlem to Acapulco 33
9. Chapter Four. The Blue Gardenia, Club Pigalle, and Daniel’s: Charting the Alienation Effect in Film Noir 49
10. Chapter Five. From Elysian to Robards, from Real to Reel 61
11. Chapter Six. A Paris Bar Where Miles Innovates 77
12. Chapter Seven. “All the Very Gay Places”: Ellington and Strayhorn Swing in Northern Michigan 93
13. Chapter Eight. Cannoy’s Club: “All Men Are Evil” 111
14. Chapter Nine. “Jeep’s Blues” and Jazz Today 129
15. Notes 133
16. Bibliography 149
17. Index 155