1. All Those Jazzes; The lineage of the word "jazz" is not a straight line; it
is a knot.
2. So Blue;
About the name of the music and a little about
the music.
3.
Bosom Bands; Great female orchestras.
4.
The Song Circle; What they are and how they function.
5. Away Down South In Dixie; It isn't where a lot of people think...and it isn't what a lot
of people think it was...and it never was what it was thought to be.
6. Puttin' on the Ritz & Womanizing; Harry Richman.
7. Muddy Water & Puttin' on the Ritz; the person, the song, the song trail.
8. The
American Minstrel; For the open-minded
only. If the visitor is into political correctness (at the expense of historical
accuracy), stay away from this one. It implies that somewhere, at sometime, a slave
laughed.
9. Tin Pan Alley; This is both history and an
explanation. |