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"...asuperiorintroductionto thatpivotaljazzdecade." -Playboy LouisArmstrong Earl"Fatha"Hines* BixBeiderbecke FletcherHenderson JamesP.Johnson *JackTeagarden BessieSmith EddieLang. DonRedman FatsWaller TheChicagoans Thesearethejazzgreatspresented,"... notjustpersonallyand his- torically,butwithcarefulattentiontothemusicitself..."Ebony "Human qualities are examined with warmth and clarity, as is the socio-musical backgroundofeachmusician ...an honestandsensi- tiveapproach..." TheNewYorkPost The1920switnessed aspiritofcomradeship among jazz musicians, apowerful spiritthatovercame the barriers of public apathytoward honestjazz, callousness inthemusic business, racial prejudice, and twoeconomicdepressions.Richard Hadlockexaminestheindividual recordings of each important jazz musician of the time, giving us sensible analyses of style, devoid of the usual myths, cliches, and oversentimentality. Out-of-print books and collector's records are listed forthose whowould liketodig deeperinto what is I "theJazzAge."The Jazz I RICHARD HA, aminer and a 100726 tributortoDow COLLIER BOOKS 866 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK.N.Y. 10022 THE MACMILLAN JAZZ MASTERS SERIES MartinWilliams, GeneralEditor M JAZZ ASTERS OF THE TWENTIES JAZZ MASTERS OF THE THIRTIES JAZZMASTERS OF THEFORTIES JAZZ MASTERSOF THE FIFTIES JAZZMASTERS IN TRANSITION 1957-69 JAZZ MASTERS OF NEWORLEANS MASTERS // ./ I OF THE TWENTIES Richard Hadlock by COLLIER BOOKS A DiuistonofMacmillanPublishingCo.,Inc. NEW YORK COLLIER MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LONDON Excerpt from Jazt: Its Evolution and Essence by Andre Hodeir, Trans- lated by David Noakes, copyright 1956 by the Grove Press, Used by ExcerptfromRedlytheBluesbyMezzMezzrowand BernardWolfe, copyright 1946 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Harold Matson Company. Exceipt from Tom Davin's "Conversation with James P, Johnson" in Jazz Panorama, edited by Martin Williams, copyright 1964, The Macmfllau "Jail House Blues" by Bessie Smith and Clarence Williams, copyright rMeXneMwXeXdIMHCMbyLPiacnkdwiacsksigMnuesdictoCoPripcokrwaitcikon,MuNsiecwCoYroprokr,atNi.oYn., 3C2op2yrWiegshtt 48thStreet, NewYork, New York. Usedbypermission, All rightsreserved. Excerptsfrom Jazz; HotandHybridby Winthrop Sargeant (E, P. Dutton, 1946}. Usedbypermissionoftheauthor, Copyright 2985byRichardHadlock Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmay bereproducedortransmitted\nanyformorby anymeans,electronicormechanical,including photocopying,recordingorbyanyinformation storageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermission inwritingfromthePublisher. MacmiftmVvblishingCo.,Inc. 866ThirdAvenue,NewYorfc,W,Y. 10022 LibraryofCongressCatakgCardNumber: JazzMastersoftheTwentiesispublishedina hardcovereditionbyUacmilknfublishing Co.,Inc FirstCollierBooksEdition1974 CONTENTS Introduction 9 LOUIS ARMSTRONG JTOm IQZj tO IQgl 13 EARL HINES 50 BIX BEIDERBECKE 76 THE CHICAGOANS 106 FATS WALLER and JAMES P. JOHNSON 145 JACK TEAGARDEN 172 FLETCHER HENDERSON and DON REDMAN 1Q4 BESSIE SMITH 219 EDDIE LANG 239 JAZZ MASTERS O THE JP