2009 (253 Pages) cost: $22.50

Who has not heard of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and so many others? It was because of my research in early jazz history and the repertoire of early jazz bands that I became interested in the whys, how, etc., behind the writing of each song. Many songs have very interesting stories connected to them; many were just written to fit into a Broadway play, movie or record. In this collection I have researched the story behind nearly 600 popular standard songs.

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2009 (224 Pages) cost: $21.50

This eBook is a collection of four separate works devoted to the stories behind songs with specific themes. Included are nearly 200 song stories arranged in the following manner:
Christmas (58 songs)
Irish (28 songs)
Patriotic (70 songs)
TV theme tunes (42 songs)

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2009 (94 Pages) cost: $9.00

This book gives the history of many sites related to jazz heritage. Included: the Halfway House, the Lyric Theater, the Eagle Saloon, the French Opera House, Pikes Hall in Baton Rouge, the Tango Belt, the Dew Drop Social Hall, the Destruction of Louis Armstrong’s house,the Dance Halls, and the Alley.

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1997 (998 pages) cost: $39.00

A collection of articles relating to the history of jazz from the latter decades of the 19th Century to approximately 1929. This anthology fills the void that has existed in jazz academia, and is patterned after the well-known Strunk's "Source Readings in Music History." Starting with an account of a slave funeral, there are articles on the history of pre-jazz and includes articles on early Negro music, the cakewalk era, ragtime and the jazz of the 20's. A must reference volume for jazz scholars, colleges and public libraries.

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Jazz evolved and progressed through the music of the minstrels, Cakewalks, Blues, Ragtime and American popular music. From “Jim Crow” to the music played by early New Orleans jazz bands. We also find a list of the top 15 songs of the last 50 years – from “Georgia Campmeeting” to “New Orleans Blues.” We also examine the introduction of the saxophone into the jazz orchestra with mention of the “Brown Brother’s,” Rudy Wiedoeft and early magazine articles on the use of the sax in jazz. Included is a look at the evolution of syncopation in early American music.

Finally we examine Ragtime and its influence on early jazz. This section includes material on Stephen Foster, Sidney Lanier and J. P. Sousa.

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These numerous articles are taken out of “Jazz in Print I” and given so researchers can concentrate on the evolution of ragtime.

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2009 (228 pages) cost: $19.00
This book examines how Baseball and Jazz grew together, with most early jazz bands traveling with baseball teams for games. They played music at the beginning, during and after the game. The games almost always ended with a dance on a pavilion in the infield. It also shows how the word jazz was first used as a baseball slang.

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2009 (143 pages) cost: $12.00
European countries accepted jazz in a very exciting way. Jazz was used both in popular dance music and classical music. Darius Milhaud, the French composer was highly influenced by jazz and wrote The Creation of the World -- which was perhaps the earliest use of jazz in a serious classical composition. Most all European countries as well as many Far Eastern countries accepted jazz. Countries included are:” France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany , Austria, Italy, China, Japan, Russia, and Sofia. There are numerous articles by combined Europeans groups that met and discussed jazz.

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2009 (266 pages) cost: $21.00
Would jazz music have died if not receiving exposure of its art? The spread of jazz in the United States and the world was assisted by various means: a study of many of these media that exposed this new Jazz; Vaudeville, Excursions (both trains and boats), bucking contests, hayrides, skating rinks, movies, baseball, picnics, plus many other mediums that used jazz music as it was evolving. Also explored are the early ‘jazz’ arrangements published so that the bands in all parts of the U.S. could play music in a jazzy style.

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2009 (260 pages) cost: $21.80
This book explores the use of jazz and its characteristics in classical music. We read about the use of the ‘jazz tempo’ - whether or not to use ‘jazz’ in classical material. Also given is a transcription of the ‘counterpoint’ used by the ODJB in their arrangement and recording of ‘Livery Stable Blues’ Included are a number of early magazine articles on jazz and its influence on classical music.

We find many articles on the influence of jazz throughout the world. The great Darius Milhaud, a jazz enthusiast is examined and an analysis and transcription of his use of jazz (said to be the first in classical music) in “Le Boeuf dur le toit” (the Creation of the World”) Also is a look at Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cakewalk” and other classical works influenced by jazz.

Also given is information on jazz in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Italy, a little on Japan and China, Russia, Sofia and Europe in general. Finally the history and music of what has been called a “Jazz Opera’ by E. Frank Harling - :A Light from St. Agnus.

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Pontchartrain - The Mother of all Jazz Rivers (Covington, Mandeville, Abita Springs, Madisonville, Hammond, Pouchatoula & Bogalusa)
1996 (324 pages) cost: $22.00

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ASCENSION (Donaldsonville)
1996 (361 pages) cost: $23.00

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LAFOURCHE (Thibodeaux, Napoleonville - including Terrabonne, Ascension and Assumption Parishes)
1997 (314 pages) cost: $26.00

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PLAQUEMINES (Point a la Hache, Magnolia & Deer Range Plantations)
1997 (217 pages) cost: $18.50

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WEST BANK (Orleans Parish & St. Bernard, St. John & St. James Parishes)
1997 (154 pages) cost: $12.00

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BATON ROUGE (and vicinity)
1997 (410 pages) cost: $31.00

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"WOMAN PIANISTS IN EARLY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ"

"SPORTS AND NEW ORLEANS JAZZ"

"LOUISIANA BRASS BANDS AND THEIR HISTORY IN RELATION TO JAZZ HISTORY"

"THE MUSIC OF THE 20's"

"EVA GAUTHIER-THE FIRST CLASSICAL JAZZ CONCERT"

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      "THE EVOLUTION OF RAGTIME STYLE TO JAZZ STYLE." Traces the development of early Negro music into the ragtime style, from the cakewalk to the use of ragtime as the name of early jazz style music of the early 20th Century.

      "THE DIFFUSION OF EARLY AFRO/AMERICAN MUSIC & CULTURE LEADING TO JAZZ." A sociological view of how the Negro and his music fit into the culture of a new, foreign social system of the young and developing United States.

      "FOLK SONG TO ART SONG." Traces the route and the evolution of Negro folk music - from the work songs, spirituals, etc. to the popular ragtime style.

     "THE ADVENT OF THE COUNTERPOINT TO HARMONY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO JAZZ DEVELOPMENT." With a section analyzing the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's recording of 'Livery Stable Blues,' this essay includes a history of counterpoint/polyphony. How does the counterpoint of early jazz compare with the rules of Bachian counterpoint and how did the early jazz musicians think when improvising chord progressions - according to scales or just by ear?

     "THE HISTORY OF IMPROVISING IN REGARD TO JAZZ HISTORY." Music began in an improvisational style and developed in each period of music, reaching its zenith in improvising style in the jazz of the 20th Century. Did jazz begin as an improvised music or was it the result of early unschooled musicians attempts to duplicate music heard from the existing reading dance bands?

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     Josie Arlington/Lobrano/Mary Anna Deubler - The famous madam of storyville led a double life living in Abita Springs, Ca. north of New Orleans over Lake Pontchartrain. The famous madam of storyville led a double life living in Abita Springs, Ca. north of New Orleans over Lake Pontchartrain.

     Jazz Elements - The origins of jazz are found in other types of music and used in jazz to create a new style of music.

     First Slave Band - The earliest example of a slave musical band is found in Charleston,  South Carolina. Known as the Lilliputs this band of young slaves gave concerts throughout the South.

     White Jazz - Gives the history of how white New Orleans musicians also were 'in on' the evolution of the jazz style.

     Evolution of Ragtime and the Cakewalk – Traces the evolution of Ragtime from its earliest origins and the role of the Cakewalk in this evolution.

      The Destruction of Armstrong's House - In spite of the work of the New Orleans Jazz Club Armstrong's first house was plowed under and burnt.

     Basin Street Flashbacks - This earliest of jazz publications gives some small articles on some of the earliest jazz musicians and their careers.

     Wa-Wan Press - Arthur Farwell's publication that contains compositions of early 20th century composers using melodies from Indian and Negro melodies for compositional material. A number of Negro orientated melodies are given.

     May Irwin - One of the great and earliest 'coon' shouters using Negro style ragtime melodies on Broadway.

     Brass Bands & the Two-Step - Examines the evolution of the march style into the two-step style.

     Origin of the word Jazz - Gives a number of sources for the origin of the word jazz.

     A Trip to the Past - A visit to some New Orleans dance halls during their existence. Gives a good example of what really went on in those famous dance halls in early jazz.

     A New Look at John Philip Sousa's Through his Popular Music - Sousa wrote other style and not just marches. He wrote some minstrel songs and used the ragtime style in some of his famous band suites.

     Autocrat Social and Pleasure Club - Examines the role and the social activities by this early Pleasure Club and gives a schedule of activities sponsored and hosted by the Club.

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     The Catholic Church and Early Jazz - Examines the role and activities sponsored by various southern Catholic Churches using jazz for dances and fairs as well as using musical ensembles during church services.

     Early Italian American jazz - New Orleans of Italian decent played an important role in the development of early jazz.

     Robert Hingle - Master Band Leader - In the lower dealt area of the Mississippi River Robert Hingle lead various musical ensembles, wrote for the local newspaper about these bands, their activities and repertoire and was also the choir master in St. Thomas Catholic church of Point a la Hache, La.

     Emanuel Chol of Thibodaux, La. - Trained in Paris Chol played organ, directed the church choir and was leader of one of the earliest brass bands in southern Louisiana. 

     Band Instrumentation and Repertoire - A partial list of the various bands of southern Louisiana listing their instrumentation and repertoire.

    Jazz on Early Radio - Gives the early history of the radio and the programming of early jazz on radio, an activity that propagated jazz's influence and popularity.

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2002 (615 Pages) cost: $35.00
"Quartet" examines the ancestors of Jazz: from the early Minstrel shows, to the cakewalk, tot he Two-Step/March, to the Coon songs. The Quartet examines the history of these forms by examining the music, studying hundreds of examples of musical scores from 1829 to 1929. Minstrel music was not syncopated. The Cakewalk characteristic rhythm (short, long, short)  was a syncopated musical figure. The Coon songs (in its latter stages) employed syncopation and ragtime accompaniment to its melodies. The Two-Step (many of them Cakewalks) added syncopation also in its latter stages - all four forms were the ancestors from which jazz music evolved. Through the musical examples new theories and facts are brought to the reader's knowledge. Can be purchased as individual books or as a collection.

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I - The History & Music of the Minstrels (258 pages) individual cost: $19.00

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2 - "Walking To Gloryland" - The History and Music of the Cakewalk (149 pages) individual cost: $13.00

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3 - The History of the Two-Step/March (75 pages)  individual cost: $7.50

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4 - The History and Music of the Coon Song (196 pages) individual cost: $14.50

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