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City of Gabriels : the history of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 / Dennis Owsley ; [foreword by Clark Terry]

Title
  1. City of Gabriels : the history of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 / Dennis Owsley ; [foreword by Clark Terry]
Published by
  1. St. Louis, Mo. : Reedy Press, c2006.
Author
  1. Owsley, Dennis, 1943-

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Additional authors
  1. Sheldon Art Galleries
  2. Terry, Clark
Description
  1. vii, 200 p. : ill., ports.; 26 cm.
Alternative title
  1. History of jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973
Subject
  1. Jazz > Saint Louis > History and criticism
  2. Jazz musicians > Saint Louis > Biography
Contents
  1. The pre-jazz era (1895-1919) -- The riverboats and the 1920s (1919-1929) -- St. Louis in the 1930s: the Plantation Club, the unions, and the decline of the riverboats (1930-1939) -- The war years: Jimmy Blanton, Miles Davis's St. Louis years, and the inception of jazz radio in St. Louis (1939-1949) -- The jazz scene in St. Louis in the 1950s (1949-1960) -- The rise & fall of Gaslight Square (1959-1967) -- The polarization of St. Louis jazz: traditional jazz and BAG (1968-1973) -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Charter members of the St. Louis Jazz Club.
Note
  1. "... published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name in the History of Jazz Gallery, September 2006-June 2007, organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries ..."--T.p. verso.
  2. "Published in collaboration with the Sheldon Concert Hall and the Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri."--p. [4] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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