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Native Dancer
, 330
“Native or long time Harlemites,” 91
Navarro, Theodore “Fats,” 204, 238
Neidlinger, Buell, 319
n
10
Nelsen, Don, 273
n
10
Nelson, Louis, 55
Nelson, Oliver, 281
Nelson, Willie, 353, 374
Nelson Steve, 380
Nesbitt, John, 107
Netto, Frank, 35
“Never Let Me Go,” 275
“Never No Lament,” 178
New Grass
, 324
Newman, David “Fathead,” 312
Newman, Jerry, 99, 198, 222
Newman, Joe, 169
New Negro, The
, 116
New Orleans, 254–55
New Orleans
, 66
New Orleans jazz

Armstrong, Louis, 46–51

black Creole culture, 32

Bolden, Buddy, 33–37

brass bands, 31

city in decline, 27–32

diaspora, 43–46

mortality rates, 28

Morton, Jelly Roll, 37–43

Oliver, King, 45–51

opening of theaters, 31–32

spasm bands, 30

Storyville, as birthplace of jazz music, 29–30

Swing Era, 137

“New Orleans Memories,” 42
New Orleans Owls, 35
New Orleans Philharmonic, 349
New Orleans Rhythm Kings, 41, 44–45, 55, 69, 74, 75, 79
Newport Jazz Festival, 319
“New San Antonio Rose,” 149
New Testament band, 180
“new traditionalism,” 336
New Tristano, The
, 231
“New World A’ Coming,” 177
New York 71–80, 200
New York Herald Tribune
, 176
New York is Now!
, 317
New York Jazz Repertory Company, 348–49
New York Times, The
, 63, 182
“Nice Work if You Can Get It,” 222
Nichols, Ernest “Red,” 77, 83
Nichols, Herbie, 228, 356
Nicholson, Jack, 376
Nicholson, Stuart, 166, 167
Nigger Heaven
, 116
“Nightfall,” 108, 109
“A Night in Tunisia,” 188, 199, 202
“Night Life,” 155
Noone, Jimmie, 43, 62, 71, 130, 198
Norman, Gene, 285
Norris, Walter, 314
“Northwest Passage,” 241
Norvo, Red, 80, 141, 299
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
, 328
“Now’s the Time,” 201
“Now They Call It Swing,” 168
“Nuages,” 161
“Nutty,” 226
O’Day, Anita, 64
ODJB.
See
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB)
“Oh, Lady Be Good,” 154, 192, 212
Oliver, Joe “King,” 35, 41, 43–55, 58–59, 62, 67, 71, 82, 105, 110, 113, 127, 186, 294, 351

Age of the Soloist, 53–54, 55

Oliver, Sy, 124, 138–39
Om
, 322
O’Meally, Robert, 166
“Once upon a Time,” 108
“One Hour,” 77, 158, 210
“One O’Clock Jump,” 153, 155
“On Green Dolphin Street,” 272
On the Corner
, 327
Onward Brass Band, 31, 45
Onyx Club, 200
“Opus One,” 138
Orange Blossoms, 136
Orchestra, The, 248
“Organ Grinder’s Swing,” 124, 266
“Oriental Strut,” 59
Original Creole Orchestra, 71, 100
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB), 36–37, 44, 68, 101
Orkester Journalen
, 382
Ornette!
, 316
Ornette on Tenor
, 316
“Ornithology,” 187, 192, 202
Ory, Edward “Kid,” 30, 35, 41, 43, 47, 58, 78, 254, 299
Osby, Greg, 335, 366
“Out of Nowhere,” 314
Out to Lunch
, 281, 297
“Over the Rainbow,” 375
Ozone, Makoto, 386
Pablo (record label), 212, 346, 347
Pace, Harry, 102
Pace-Handy Music Company, 102
Page, Oran “Hot Lips,” 140, 152–54
Page, Walter, 150, 153, 157, 173, 189, 191
Paich, Marty, 348
Paige, Billy, 103
“Panama,” 44
Panassié, Hugues, 159
Pangaea
, 327
Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
, 335
Papalia, Russ, 35
“Pardon Me Pretty Baby,” 108
Paris Blues
, 151
“Parisian Thoroughfare,” 287
Paris Impressions
, 234
Paris jazz festival, 56
Parker, Addie, 191
Parker, Charlie, 54, 80, 97, 143, 163, 187–89, 191–94, 198, 200–3, 207, 210–14, 220, 238, 254, 257, 330, 348
Parker, Charles, Sr., 191
“Parker’s Mood,” 190, 211
Parlato, Gretchen, 376
Pascoal, Hermeto, 327
Pass, Joe, 346
“Passion Flower,” 172
Pastorius, Jaco, 330
“Patricia,” 266
Patton, Charley, 13–14, 15
Paudras, Francis, 220
Payton, Nicholas, 354, 376
Peacock, Gary, 324, 340
“Peanut Vendor, The,” 206
Pearson, Barry Lee, 14
“Peckin,’” 141
Pedersen, Niels-Henning Ørsted, 347, 383
Pendergast, Tom, 149, 155
“Pennies from Heaven,” 138
“Pennsylvania 6–5000,” 146
Pepper, Art, 245, 256, 265–66
Perez, Manuel, 45
Perfume Suite, The
, 177
Perkins, Carl, 263, 265
Perlongo, Robert, 220
n
13
Peterson, Oscar, 66, 169, 221, 232–33, 346
Petit, Buddy, 45
Petrillo, James, 145–46
Petrucciani, Michel, 276
Pettiford, Oscar, 173, 198, 200, 239, 271
Peyroux, Madeleine, 376
Phillips, Flip, 169, 240
“Phryzzinian Man,” 350
piano, 20, 61, 106, 134

Harlem stride piano, 91–93, 96–97

manufacture of, 21

modern jazz, 216–36

use in ragtime, 21

“Picasso,” 163
Picasso, Pablo, 50
“Pickin’ the Cabbage,” 197
Pieranunzi, Enrico, 276
“Pine Apple Rag,” 23
Pithecanthropus Erectus
, 299
“Pitter Panther Patter,” 176
Pizzarelli, John, 376
Poe, Edgar Allan, 28
“Poinciana,” 232, 235
Poindexter, Norwood “Pony,” 263
Point of Departure
, 281, 297
Pollack, Ben, 79, 130, 137
Pompidou, Georges, 181
Ponomarev, Valery, 355
Pope, Bob, 148
Porgy and Bess
, 196, 237, 270
Porter, Cole, 99, 348
Porter, Roy, 202, 263, 280
postmodernism
, 367
postmodernists, 357–67
“Potato Head Blues,” 60
Potter, Chris, 371, 379
Potter, Tommy, 209
Pound, Ezra, 302
Powell, Bud, 200, 204, 214, 216–20, 232, 277, 286
Powell, Mel, 132, 143–45
Powell, Richie, 277, 287
Pozo, Chano, 205, 206–7
“Preacher, The,” 288
“Prelude to a Kiss,” 115, 171
Presley, Elvis, 139, 166
“Pretty Road, The,” 250
Prieto, Dafnis, 380
Prima, Louis, 64
“Prince of Wails,” 151
Pullen, Don, 302
Punkt Jazz Festival, 370
Purdie, Bernard, 324
“Pussy Cat Dues,” 300
“Pussy Willow,” 172
“Pyramid,” 121
Quiet Nights
, 270
“Quiet Now,” 275
“Quiet Please,” 139
Quinichette, Paul, 169
Raeburn, Boyd, 238
Ragas, Henry, 36
“Ragtime Dance, The,” 23
Rag Time Instructor
, 21
ragtime music (
see also
blues music)

compositional structure, 21

vs
. jazz, 20

pianos use, 21

publishing of, 91–92

Scott Joplin and, 20–25

Rainey, Jimmy, 260
Rainey, Ma, 16–17, 19, 154
Rainey, Overton, 98
Rainey, Pa, 16
Ravel, Maurice, 272
“Ray, the,” 141
Ready for Freddie
, 291
Real Jazz, The
, 382
“Reckless Blues,” 18
Red Clay
, 291
Redcross, Bob, 193
Red Hot Peppers, 39–41, 45
Redman, Dewey, 378
Redman, Don, 54, 64, 100, 102–8, 148
Redman, Joshua, 378–80
Reese, Lloyd, 280
Reeves, Dianne, 348, 376
Regina, Elis, 388
Reinhardt, Jean Baptiste “Django,”
160–61, 382
Reisner, Robert, 191
n
1, 203
n
7, 213
n
11
“Relaxin’ at Camarillo,” 203
“Reminiscing in Tempo,” 123, 170
Resolution of Romance
, 352
Reuss, Alan, 133
Revue Romande
, 54
Rezinsky, Dora, 129
Rhapsody in Blue
, 85
Ribot, Marc, 380
Rich, Bernard “Buddy,” 138–39, 212, 219, 220
Richard, Johnny, 245
“Riding on a Blue Note,” 171
ring shout, 4
“Riverboat Shuffle,” 69
Rivers, Sam, 360, 364
Riverside (record label), 224, 226
Roach, Max, 153, 180, 200, 209, 218, 219, 224, 257, 285–87
Roberts, John Storm, 10
Roberts, Luckey, 61
Roberts, Marcus, 352
Robertson, Alvin “Zue,” 39
Robichaux, John, 32, 33
Robinson, Prince, 104
“Rockin’ Chair,” 140
Rodgers, Richard, 99, 264
Rodney, Red, 207
Rodrigo, Joaquin, 270
Rodriguez, Juan, 283
n
16
Rogers, Milton “Shorty,” 238, 243
Roland, Gene, 242
“Roll ‘Em,” 141
Rollini, Adrian, 77, 81, 141
Rollins, Theodore “Sonny,” 109, 163, 204, 212, 261, 268, 274, 282–85, 282
n
15, 287, 363
Roney, Wallace, 376
Roppolo, Leon, 44, 55
Rosenwinkel, Kurt, 371, 380
“Rose Room,” 145
Ross, Alonzo, 148

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