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Really the Blues

Page 47

by Mezz Mezzrow


  Swing, 152

  Swingin’ with Mezz, 281, 284, 327

  Swing Session’s Called to order, The, 302

  Symphonic jazz, 382–383

  Symphony music, 133–135

  T

  Tabb’s Restaurant, 222

  Tack, Frank, 316

  Tag, 367

  Taking the window, 367

  Tanguay, Eva, 29

  Taxi wars, 48

  Taylor, Freddie “Snakehips,” 251

  Tea for Two, 248

  Teagarden, Jack, 113, 189, 198, 200, 256

  Tell, Red, 21

  Temps Modernes, Les (magazine), 404

  Terms, 392–401

  Teschemacher, Frank, 114, 116, 117, 118–119, 130, 139, 150, 153, 158, 162, 163, 168, 186, 189, 254, 360, 361, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368

  That Is How I Feel Today, 301–302

  That’s a Mighty Serious Thing, 201

  That’s My Home, 271

  Thelma (Harlem), 223

  Them There Eyes, 274

  There’ll Be Some Changes Made, 167, 366–367

  35th and Calumet, 285

  Three Deuces, 158, 162

  Tin Pan Alley, 170

  Tip, Tap & Toe, 223

  Todd, Mike, 317

  Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra, 387

  Too Sweet (Armstrong chauffeur), 225–226

  Tough, Dave, 114, 115, 116, 117–118, 120–122, 127, 135, 138, 157, 171, 200, 204, 212, 213, 215, 363, 364, 369, 371

  Tough, Dorothy, 139

  Travis (Harlem), 223

  Tree of Hope, 222–223

  Trombanick, Sam, 104, 109

  Trombauer, Frankie, 130, 132, 137

  Tuberculosis ward, 43–46

  Tucker, Sophie, 29, 52, 157

  Tuckman, Joe, 21, 34, 35, 145

  Turner, George, 21, 26, 30

  Twinkle (singer), 27, 28

  “Two’s and fews,” 375

  Tyranny of expectancy, 409

  U

  UHCA label, 168

  Uncle Tom, 240

  “Unglamorous action,” 380

  Unique Quatour de Boyards, 205

  Uptown House, 320

  V

  Victor Records, 201, 301

  Viera, Pete, 166

  Violins, dragging, 193

  Volodarsky, R., 205

  W

  Walker, Frankie, 223, 224–225, 226, 317

  Walkin’ the Floor, 280

  Waller, Fats, 214, 221, 222, 247, 248, 256, 262, 268, 271, 280, 286, 287, 303

  Wampoole’s mixture, 269

  Ward, Frankie, 258, 329, 338, 339, 340

  Waters, Ethel, 154, 206, 251, 262

  ’Way Down Upon the Swanee River, 45

  Weary Blues, 310, 388

  Weatherford, Teddy, 123, 268

  “Weaving the four F’s,” 377

  Webb, Chick, 270, 271, 275, 286

  Webster, Ben, 247, 287

  Wells, Johnny, 157

  We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City, 341

  West End Blues, 206, 214

  Weston, Fitz, 350

  Wettling, George, 167

  Wheat harvesting, 143–144

  When I’m Alone, 256

  When the Blue of the Night, 225

  When the Saints Go Marching In, 341

  When You and I Were Young Maggie, 310, 388

  When You’re Smiling, 214

  White, Papa Snow, 350

  White, Sonny, 302

  White City amusement park, 115

  Whiteman, Paul, 137, 149, 152, 157

  Whitman Sisters, 251

  Who, 389

  Williams, Bert, 29

  Williams, Clarence, 32, 50, 51, 65, 159, 366

  Williams, Corky, 247, 248

  Williams and Walker, 29

  Wilson, Sox, 350

  Wilson, Teddy, 285, 287, 304

  Wolfe, Bernard, 402

  Wolverine, 65

  Wolverines, 85

  Won’t You Get Off it Please, 256

  Woodmansten Inn, 192, 195

  World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The, 389

  World War I, 20

  Wurlitzer store, 135

  Y

  Yankee Stadium, 264

  Yellow (Pontiac Reformatory), 12, 13, 16, 17, 161

  You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did, 268

  Young, Lester, 247

  Young Woman Blues, 121

  You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew, 286

  Z

  Zwerling, Ruby, 269

 

 

 


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