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confusion and controversy. There's a
wealth of pertinent literature, but most
of the books so far have been so
specialized, propagandistic, or prejudiced
( or all three), that they lack
both solid authority and broad appeal.
And the great bulk of authentic source
materials is lost to the general reader
in the files of periodicals, many of
which are obscure or highly inaccessible.
Hence the uncommon value of
Shapiro & Hentoff's inspiration -
which is simply to go back through
these enormous files for articles and
interviews ( augmented by published
and unpublished reminiscences and
correspondence) where the leading
jazz personalities may be heard talking
frankly about themselves, their colleagues,
and their music.
In any form such incomparable Urtexts,
couched as they are in the most
informal and colloquial ( if by no
means exclusively "jive" ) terms, would
be a delight to read. But in the ingenious
selection and painstaking organization
of Shapiro and Hentoff they are
woven into a closely knit story - at
once a kaleidoscopic portrait gallery
and a richly illuminating evocation of
the heroic days in New Orleans, Chicago,
Kansas City, and the "Big
Apple." All the stars are here in relaxed
off -stage volubility ( Armstrong.
Beiderbecke, Brubeck, Ellington, Gillespie,
Goodman, Handy, Henderson,
Holiday, Morton, Oliver, Wagers, and
various Johnsons, Smiths, and Williamses
), but they graciously share
honors here with an inexhaustible company
Of less celebrated leaders, sidemen,
recorders, producers, and critics,
each of whom has a paragraph or a
page to add to the saga of the singular
world of jazz - both on the bandstand
and ( since there is no dodging of economic,
racial, or narcotic problems) off.
No serious jazz student will need
the spur of my recommendation to
rank this volume beside his cherished
copies of Smith & Ramsey's Jazzmen,
Sargeanr s Jazz: Hot and Hybrid,
Panassié's Hot Jazz, Ramsey's Guide to
Longpla)ing Jazz Records ( and the
earlier discographies by Smith and
Delaunay ), and the handful of outstanding
jazz biographies and memoirs.
But to the jazz novice, or to any even
mildly interested non -specialist reader,
I can't possibly suggest a more informative
or enlivening introduction both to
the general subject of jazz music and
the fabulous personalities who created
and are still uninhibitedly developing it
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