The History of Jazz (100 page)

“That Haunting Melody,” 59

“That’s a Plenty,” 72

Théâtre d’Orléans, 31

Theatre Owner’s Booking Agency (TOBA), 17

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
, 279

“These Foolish Things,” 167

They All Played Ragtime
, 25

Thiele, Bob, 278
n
13

Think of One
, 350

“Third World, The,” 228

“This is for Albert,” 291

“This Nearly Was Mine,” 319

“This Year’s Kisses,” 168

Thomas, J. C., 277
n
12

Thomas, Joe, 124

Thomas, Walter “Foots,” 312

Thompson, Edna, 112

Thompson, Eli “Lucky,” 202

Thomson, Virgil, 117

Thornhill, Claude, 256–57

Threadgill, Henry, 360

“Three Blind Mice,” 77

Three or Four Shades of Blue
, 303

3 Phasis
, 320

“Three Romances,” 250

Thunderbird
, 335

“Tickle Toe,” 155

“Tiger Rag,” 98, 160

Tijuana Moods
, 299

Timeless (record label), 347

Time
, 181

Time Out
, 356

Timmons, Bobby, 289

Tio, Lorenzo, 55

Tizol, Juan, 121, 170, 176, 179, 181, 206

TOBA.
See
Theatre Owner’s Booking Agency (TOBA)

“Toby,” 151

Tomorrow Is the Question
, 314

Tonight Show, The
, 353

Tormé, Mel, 233, 348

Tough, Dave, 75, 145, 240

Towner, Ralph, 341

“township jazz,” 388

“Tozo,” 107

traditionalists, 345–57

trad jazz, 253–67

“Transblucency,” 178

Treat It Gentle
, 5, 57

Treemonisha
, 24, 91

Trent, Alphonso, 149

A Tribe Called Quest, 334

“Trinkle Tinkle,” 226

Tristano, Lennie, 221, 228–32, 310, 356, 363

“Trolley Song, The,” 236

Troupe, Quincy, 256
n
1, 257
n
3, 267
n
6, 298
n
22

Trumbauer, Frank, 77, 104, 108, 118

Bix Beiderbecke and, 81–87

trumpet, 64, 140,148

tuba, 106, 257

“Turkish Mambo,” 231

Turpin, Tom, 20, 22

“Harlem Rag,” 20–21

Turre, Steve, 355, 380

Tuxedo Brass Band, 47

“Tuxedo Junction,” 146

Twitter, 370

“2300

Skiddoo,” 228

Tyner, McCoy, 277–78, 285, 293, 295

Uehara, Hiromi, 386

Ullman, Michael, 292
n
20

Ulmer, James Blood, 317

“Umbrella Man,” 212

Umbria Jazz Festival, 341

Underground Musicians’ Association, 358

Unit Structures
, 297, 320

“Until the Real Thing Comes Along,” 155

Urlicht/Primal Light
, 367

Us3, 333–34

Vallee, Rudy, 191

“Valley Girl,” 333

Van Heusen, Jimmy, 192

Varèse, Edgard, 190, 213

Varieties Theatre, 31–32

Variety
, 118, 135

Vaughan, Sarah, 109, 165, 198–99, 346

Vaughan, Stevie Ray, 14

Vechten, Carl Van, 116

Veloso, Caetano, 388

Venuti, Joe, 72, 77, 81, 83–85, 131

Versace, Gary, 295, 380

Very Very Circus, 360

vibraphone, 142, 259

Vidacovich, Pinky, 35

Village Vanguard, 266, 274, 284

violin, 72, 83–84,160

“Viper’s Drag,” 95

Virgin Beauty
, 317

virtual jazz, 369–80

Virtuoso
, 346

Voce, Steve, 240
n
23

“Wabash Stomp,” 140

“Wail,” 204

Waits, Nasheet, 380

Walcott, Collin, 341

Wald, Elijah, 14

Walker, Junior, 367

“Walkin’ and Swingin,’” 156

Waller, Thomas “Fats,” 20, 64, 74, 79, 90, 92, 94–96, 98, 106–7, 118, 152, 218, 294

Wallington, George, 200, 221

Walton, Cedar, 290

“Waltz for Debby,” 274

Ward, Helen, 132

Ware, David S., 373

Waring, Fred, 339

“Warm Valley,” 175

Warren, Earle, 155

Watanabe, Sadao, 347

“Watermelon Man,” 304

Waters, Ethel, 102, 347

Waters, Muddy, 14

Watson, Bobby, 216, 355

Watters, Lu, 253, 254

Watts, Heather, 321

Watts, Isaac, 8

Watts, Jeff “Tain,” 351

Way Out West
, 284

“Weather Bird,” 62–63

Webb, Chick, 124, 125, 346

Webern, Anton, 365

Webster, Ben, 99, 102, 162, 169, 171, 173–77, 193, 197, 269, 314, 347

Webster, Freddie, 198

“Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting,” 300

Wein, George, 348

“Well, Get It!,” 138

Wells, Dickie, 102, 154, 161

Well-Tempered Clavier, The
, 341

“Well, You Needn’t,” 222, 224

West Africa, culture in, 9

Westbrook, Mike, 347

“West Coast Blues,” 296

West Coast jazz, 263–64

“West End Blues,” 62, 201, 229, 239

Weston, Randy, 163

West Side Story
, 232

“What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” 167

“What Am I Here For,” 286

“What a Wonderful World,” 66

“What Is This Thing Called Love,” 301

“What Love,” 301

“When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” 373

“When Lights Are Low,” 108, 197

“Whispering,” 85

White, Herbert, 117

“White Heat,” 124

Whiteman, Paul, 73, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 100, 105, 107, 213, 256

“Whiteman Stomp, The,” 107

Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, 117

“Who Can I Turn To,” 350

Whyte, Zack, 148

Wiedoeft, Rudy, 82, 104

“Wild Dog, The,” 84

Wildflowers
, 360

“Wild Man Blues,” 60

William Morris Agency, 174

Williams, Clarence, 19, 50, 54

Williams, Charles “Cootie,” 115, 121, 171, 176, 218

Williams, Jessica, 355

Williams, Joe, 154, 248

Williams, Marion, 353

Williams, Martin, 50, 349

Williams, Mary Lou, 132, 145, 147, 155–157, 288

Williams, Tony, 304–5

“Willie the Weeper,” 60

Willis, Dusty, 14

Wills, Bob, 149

Will to Swing, The
, 232

Wilmer, Valerie, 197
n
4, 313
n
3

Wilson, Cassandra, 348, 366, 376

Wilson, Derby, 123

Wilson, Phil, 240

Wilson, Phillip, 360

Wilson, Quinn, 198

Wilson, Shadow, 198, 224

Wilson, Teddy, 61, 62, 80, 131, 134–35, 142

Wilson, Wash, 11

Winter, Paul, 341

Winther, Nils, 347

Witches and Devils
, 324

Wolff, Francis, 219

Wolff, Michael, 380

“Wolverine Blues,” 44

Women in jazz, 15–16, 155–56

Wong, Herb, 243, 380

Wood, Chris, 336

“Woodchopper’s Ball,” 239

Woods, Phil, 215, 347

World Saxophone Quartet (WSQ), 364

World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 23

Wright, Eugene, 236

WSQ.
See
World Saxophone Quartet (WSQ)

Yahel, Sam, 295

Yamashita, Y
suke, 386

“Yardbird Suite,” 202

Yerba Buena Jazz Band, 254

“Yes, Indeed!,” 138

“Yesternow,” 327

“Yonder Come the Blues,” 17

“You Are Too Beautiful,” 278

Youmans, Vincent, 236

Young, Lester, 82, 102, 152–54, 156–58, 168, 180, 190, 197, 212, 233, 241

achievements, 164

early life, 157

modern jazz and, 163–64

professional career, 157–58

Young, James “Trummy,” 124

“You’re Just a No Account,” 168

“Your Father’s Moustache,” 241

YouTube, 370

“You Understand,” 108

Zappa, Frank, 359

Zawinul, Joe, 163, 306, 329–30

Zeitgeist
, 275

Zenph Studios, 370

Zodiac Suite
, 156

Zorn, John, 359, 364–65

Zurke, Bob, 137

Zwerin, Michael, 82

Table of Contents

1. The Prehistory of Jazz

2. New Orleans Jazz

3. The Jazz Age

4. Harlem

5. The Swing Era

6. Modern Jazz

7. The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles

8. Freedom and Fusion

9. Traditionalists and Postmodernists

10. Jazz in the New Millennium

Notes

Further Reading

Recommended Listening

Acknowledgments

Index