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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction and Acknowledgments xv
7. 1. The Beginning 1
8. 2. Troubled Times 17
9. 3. The Influential Years, 1916-1923 20
10. 4. Bill Body and his Ellwood Syncopators, 1923-1924 39
11. 5. Tillie Vennie's Orchestra, 1925-1926 44
12. 6. Odie Cromwell's Wolverine Syncopators, 1926 48
13. 7. Charles C Greats Original Midnite Ramblers, 1927 52
14. 8. Henry P. McClane's Society Orchestra, 1928 60
15. 9. Herbert Cowens' Orchestra, 1928 63
16. 10. Richard Cheatham's Orchestra, 1928 68
17. 11. The Whitman Sisters' Show, 1928-1929 70
18. 12. Dinah and His Orchestra, 1929 80
19. 13. Honey Broum's Orchestra (Willie Wilkins'Band), 1929-1930 81
20. 14. Ray Parker's Orchestra, 1930-1931 87
21. 15. King Oliver's New Orleans Creole Jazz Band, 1931 90
22. 16. Marion Hardy and His Alabamians, 1931-1932 102
23. 17. Billy Fowler and His Society Orchestra, 1932-1933 108
24. 18. Ira Coffey and His Walkathonians, 1933-1934 112
25. 19. Vernon Andrade and His Society Orchestra, 1934-1937 117
26. 20. Edgar Hayes'Orchestra, 1937-1942 125
27. 21. Jay McShann's Kansas City Orchestra, 1942-1943 149
28. 22. Cecil X. Scotfs Orchestra, 1943-1944 159
29. 23. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1944 163
30. 24. Claude Hopkins' Orchestra, 1944 168
31. 25. The Bascomb Brothers' Orchestra, 1945 170
32. 26. The Blue Blazers, 1946-1948 175
33. 27. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1948-1951 189
34. 28. Joe Garland's Society Orchestra, 1952-1970 196
35. 29. Hayes Alvis and His Pioneers of Jazz, 1972 202
36. 30. The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, 1972-1979 205
37. 31. The Legends of Jazz, 1979-1986 223
38. Coda 227
39. Discography 231
40. Selected Bibliography 249
41. Index 253