An edition of Dangerous Rhythms
(2022)
Dangerous Rhythms
Jazz and the Underworld
by T. j. English
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Tales from the intersection of organized crime and jazz from Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra.
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commerce, jazz, organized crime, Prohibition, racismPeople
Louis Armstrong, Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone, Meyer Lansky, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Jelly Roll Morton, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Frank SinatraShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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First Sentence
"At the age of fourteen, Louis Armstrong of New Orleans was a potent combination of streetwise youth and naïve back-alley urchin with a song in his heart."
Table of Contents
Intro
Part One. Major Chord
1. Shadow of the Demimonde
2. Sicilian Message
3. Kansas City Stomp
4. Disfiguration
5. Birth of the Hipster
6. Friends in Dark Places
7. Down on the Plantation
Part Two. Flatted Fifth
8. The Crooner
9. Swing Street
10. “Jazz Provides Background for Death”
11. The Ghost of Chano Pozo
12. Fear and Loathing at the Copacabana
13. The Muck and the Mud
14. Twilight of the Underworld
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
Index
Edition Notes
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| July 17, 2024 | Edited by frstndlstlns | los -> las |
| July 17, 2024 | Edited by frstndlstlns | added description |
| February 1, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 31, 2021 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |