Dangerous Rhythms, page 44
Murray, Albert. Stomping the Blues. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976.
Nelli, Humberto S. The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Nown, Graham. Arkansas Godfather: The Story of Owney Madden and How He Hijacked Middle America. Little Rock: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2013.
Okrent, Daniel. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scribner, 2011.
O’Malley, Terence William. Black Hand/Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City. Kansas City: The Covington Group, 2011.
Ostransky, Leroy. Jazz City: The Impact of Our Cities on the Development of Jazz. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Ouseley, William. Open City: The True Story of the KC Crime Family. Leawood, KS: Leathers Publishing, 2012.
Owsley, Dennis C. St. Louis Jazz: A History. West Columbia, SC: The History Press, 2015.
Paduro Fuentes, Leonardo. The Sad Night of Chano Pozo. Valencia, Spain: AJUBELstudio, 2013.
Pearson, Nathan W. Goin’ to Kansas City. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Peterson, Virgil. The Mob: 200 Years of Organized Crime in New York. New York: Little, Brown, 1952.
Pileggi, Nicholas. Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Podell-Raber, Mickey, with Charles Pignone. The Copa: Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana. New York: Harper, 2007.
Reddig, William M. Tom’s Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1991.
Reig, Teddy, with Edward Berger. Reminiscing in Tempo: The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1995.
Riccardi, Ricky. Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Rose, Al. Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
Russel, Ross. Jazz Styles in Kansas City and the Southwest. New York: Da Capo Press, 1973.
Russo, Gus. The Outfit: The Role of Chicago’s Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2002.
_______. Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America’s Hidden Power Brokers. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2006.
Sann, Paul. Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1971.
Schwartz, David G. At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together and Went Out with a Bang. Las Vegas, NV: Winchester Books, 2020.
Server, Lee. Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Roselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2019.
Shapiro, Nat, and Nat Hentoff. Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya: The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It. New York: Rinehart and Co., 1955.
Shaw, Arnold. 52nd Street: The Street of Jazz. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
Shipton, Alyn. Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Sidran, Ben. Black Talk: How the Music of Black America Created a Radical Alternative to the Values of Western Literary Tradition. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
Singer, Barr. Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf. New York: Shirmer Books, 1992.
Spencer, Frederick J. Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Stewart, Rex. Jazz Masters of the 30s. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
Stoddard, Tom (as told to). Pops Foster: The Autobiography of a New Orleans Jazzman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
Sublette, Ned. Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2004.
_______. The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2008.
Sullivan, Leo T. Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World: An Illustrated Tribute, 1949–1965. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2018.
Sylvester, Robert. No Cover Charge: A Backward Look at the Nightclubs. New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
Teachout, Terry. Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington. New York: Avery, 2014.
_______. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Tereba, Tere. Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.’s Notorious Mobster. New York: ECW Press, 2012.
Thiele, Bob. What a Wonderful World: A Lifetime of Recordings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Tosches, Nick. Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
_______. King of the Jews: The Greatest Mob Story Never Told. New York: Ecco, 2005.
_______. Save the Last Dance for Satan. New York: Kicks Books, 2011.
Travis, Dempsey J. An Autobiography of Black Jazz. Chicago: Chicago Academy Press, 1983.
Van Meter, Jonathan. The Last Good Time: Skinny D’Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, & the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City. New York: Crown, 2003.
Walker, Stanley. The Nightclub Era. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1983.
Waller, Maurice, and Anthony Calabrese. Fats Waller. New York: Schirmer Books, 1977.
Waters, Ethel, with Charles Samuels. His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography. New York: Praeger, 1978.
Wein, George, with Nate Chinen. Myself Among Others: A Memoir. New York: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Wells, Dicky, as told to Stanley Dance. The Night People: The Jazz Life of Dicky Wells. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1971.
Whitaker, Mark. Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Wilkerson, W. R., III. Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2018.
Index
A specific form of pagination for this digital edition has been developed to match the print edition from which the index was created. If the application you are reading this on supports this feature, the page references noted in this index should align. At this time, however, not all digital devices support this functionality. Therefore, we encourage you to please use your device’s search capabilities to locate a specific entry.
abortion, 193
Academy Awards, 159, 302, 335
Accardo, Tony, 222, 302–3
Adderley, Julian “Cannonball,” 292, 355, 373
Adonis, Joe, 200, 276
Africa, 16–17, 54, 343
After Hours, 311
Aggeler, William Tell, 132
“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” 103, 129, 189
“Alabama,” 343
Aladdin Hotel and Casino, 336
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories (AMGOT), 240
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,” 203, 220, 245, 328, 331
Alterie, Louis “Two Gun,” 213
Amberg, Louis “Pretty Boy,” 235–37
American Dream, 10, 40, 193, 235
American Federation of Musicians (AFM), 135–36, 184, 214, 312–13
American Revolution, 41
American Temperance Society, 58
Ammons, Gene, 365
Anastasia, Albert, 200, 225, 250
Anderson, Ernie, 128
Anderson, Howard “Duke,” 200
Anderson, Thomas Charles, 25–29, 58
Anderson’s, 27–28
Anslinger, Harry J., 73
anti-Italian prejudice, 48–51, 53
Antlers Club, 73–74
Apollo Theater, 150, 228
Arbor Dance Hall, 167
Arkansas Rangers, 206
Arlington, Josie, 28
Arlington’s Annex, 28, 30
Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo,” 8–9, 56, 78, 234, 283, 355–57
on bebop, 241
in Chicago, 89–93, 133–36, 190, 226
Collins and, 132, 133–36
death of, 354
early life of, 13, 15, 18–20
early music career of, 20–22
Ellington collaborations, 260–61
Glaser and, 93–98, 113, 127–28, 184–86, 299, 355–57
Hot Chocolates, 129–30, 134, 153, 154, 155–57
King Oliver and, 20–21, 35–36, 89–93, 113, 127
in Las Vegas, 329, 331
legacy of, 355–57
in Los Angeles, 130–32
management wars, 133–36, 183–86
marijuana use of, 130–32
Matranga’s and, 21–22, 23, 37–39
mob and, 21–23, 36, 133–36, 183–84
in New Orleans, 18–22, 25, 35–36
in New York, 126–27, 129–30, 153, 179, 183–86
Rockwell and, 129–31, 133–36
Sydney steamboat, 59–60
Armstrong, Mary Albert, 19–20
Army, U.S., 72, 106, 228, 240, 311, 323, 332
“Arrivederci, Roma,” 289
Asbury, Herbert, 33, 101–2
Ashkenazi Jews, 94, 363
Associated Booking Corporation (ABC), 94, 299–300, 355, 356–57
Astoria Club, 28
Astor Theater, 197
Atlantic City, 200–202, 229, 328
Atlantic City Conference, 200
Atomic Café, 263
AT&T, 288–89
Avakian, George, 186
babalao, 281
Back o’ Town, 17–19
Bailey, Pearl, 323
Baker, Chet, 241
Baker, Josephine, 320
Barbarin, Paul, 32
Barefield, Eddie, 68, 79
Barker, Danny, 32
Baron’s Exclusive Club, 158–59, 171
Basie, William “Count,” 199, 245, 299
in Atlantic City, 201
death of, 355
in Kansas City, 77–78, 80, 83
lack of financial compensation, 362
in Las Vegas, 329, 330
Levy and Roulette Records, 261–64
in New York, 158–59, 231, 258
Sinatra and Reprise Records, 307
Batista, Fulgencio, 246–47, 279–80, 283, 287–91
Battlefield, the, 18–19
“Battle of the Bands,” 83, 98–99
“bawdy houses,” 73–74
Beatles, the, 315
bebop, 241–42, 243–44, 256
Bechet, Sidney, 17, 28, 42, 92, 314, 340
Beiderbecke, Bix, 91
Belafonte, Harry, 306, 318, 333
Bellevue Hospital, 266–67, 341
Bennett, Tony, 321, 323–24
Benson, Jerky, 143
Bergreen, Laurence, 390n
Berle, Milton, 235–36
Berlin, Irving, 139, 164
Bernstein brothers, 117–18
“Besame Mucho,” 287
Beth Israel Hospital, 356
Beulah Baptist Church, 297–98
Bigard, Barney, 177
Big 25 Club, 36
Billboard, 220–21, 222, 225–26, 234–35, 292
Birdland (Miami), 259
Birdland (New York City), 254–59, 268–70, 281, 292–96, 309–10, 312, 315, 347
Birmingham church bombing, 343
“Black and Blue,” 156–57
Black-and-Tan, 95, 113, 116
“Black and Tan Fantasy,” 174
blackface, 53–54, 105, 139
Black Hand, 43–44, 71–72, 107
Black Sox Scandal, 153
Blakey, Art, 258, 341
Blanchard, Terence, 373
Blanco Rico, Manuel, 289
“blind pigs,” 98
Blue Devils, 83
Blue Goose, 73
“Blue Skies,” 139
“bobbysoxers,” 197
Bogart, Humphrey, 318–19
Bolden, Buddy, 15, 20, 56
“bolita,” 160, 202
bootlegging, 75, 99, 117, 137–38, 168–69, 219–20. See also Prohibition
bordellos, 15–16, 24–26, 28, 35–36, 58–59, 73–74
Borges, Max, Jr., 285
Bova, Joe, 57–58
Braddock Hotel, 228
Brando, Marlon, 255
Bronfman, Edgar, Sr., 219–20
Brooklyn gangsters, 70n. See also specific gangsters
Brown, Piney (Columbus S. Perry), 68
Brown, Walter “Piney,” 68
Buchalter, Lepke, 200
Buena Vista Social Club, 287
Bureau of Prohibition, 113, 117
Burt, Hilma, 30–31
Burton, Ellis, 81–82
Bushell, Garvin, 79
Butera, Sam, 330
Byas, Don, 340
“Bye Bye Blackbird,” 179
cabaret cards, 264–67
Cabito, 282
Cadillac Café, 214
Caesar’s Palace, 359, 361
Café de Paris, 113
Café Society, 315, 341–42, 352
Café Trocadero, 217, 363
Cagney, Jimmy, 169
Calloway, Cab, 96, 126, 177–82, 198, 206
Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino, 305, 308, 357–58, 359, 361
Camarillo State Hospital, 266
Capitol Theater, 194
capodecina, 44–45
Capone, Albert Francis “Sonny,” 100
Capone, Alphonse Gabriel “Al,” 8, 40, 96–107, 247
Armstrong and, 96–98
Atlantic City Conference, 200
in Chicago, 70n, 72, 93–94, 96–107, 111–12, 113–14, 116–17, 120–21, 125–26, 127, 137, 155, 179, 190, 217, 245, 283, 363
early life of, 99–100
Glaser and, 93–94, 96–98, 113, 128, 179, 185, 186
Havana Conference, 245, 250–51
in Hot Springs, 205
love of jazz, 7, 98–104, 389n
nickname of, 99–100
tax-evasion case, 190
Waller and, 103–4, 151
Capone, Mae Coughlin, 100
Capone, Ralph, 126, 180, 252
Carbo, Frankie, 225, 233
Carpenter, Charlie, 130
Carter, Benny, 208, 340
Carter, Betty, 310, 347–49
Caruso, Enrico, 102
Casino Gardens, 56–57
Cassotto, Severino Antonio “Big Sam Curly,” 324–25
Castellano, Paul, 360
Castilian Gardens, 140
Castro, Fidel, 288–89, 291
Castro, Raul, 291
Cataldo, Joseph “Joey the Wop,” 255, 258
Cecil Hotel, 242–43
Central Avenue (Los Angeles), 213–15, 217, 218, 283–84
Centro Asturiano, 202
Chambers, Paul, 292
Cherry, Don, 343
Chess Records, 362–63, 364
Chesterfield Club, 73
Chez Paree, 342
Chicago, 55, 89–115, 120–26. See also specific clubs
Chicago Defender, 128, 133
“Chicago jazz style,” 92, 122
Chicago Theater, 191
Chico Hamilton Quintet, 270
Childs Restaurant, 197–98
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 291
Ciaccio, Peter, 36
Ciaffone, Dominic, 258, 260, 270, 312, 313
Ciro’s, 217, 273, 342, 363
civil rights movement, 7–8, 309–10, 333–34, 342–43
Clark, Lefty, 285
Clarke, Kenny, 341
Clay, Henry, 49
Cliffe, Adam C., 114–15
Clouds of Joy, 76–77, 77, 211, 299–300, 352
Club Bohemia, 315
Club Cameo, 206–7
Club Carousel, 230
Club Chateau, 202
Club DeLuxe, 159, 169
Club Downbeat, 218, 230
Club Durant, 143–44
Club Harlem, 200
Club Hot Cha, 149
Club Parisién, 283
Club Riviera, 196, 209
Cobb, Billy, 292
Coconut Grove, 203
Cohan, George M., 143
Cohen, Art, 109–10, 111
Cohen, Danny, 104–7
Cohen, Mickey, 70n, 216–18, 222, 247, 284, 331, 364
Cole, Nat “King,” 306, 320
in Atlantic City, 201
in Cuba, 286–88
early life of, 283
in Las Vegas, 329, 331–35
in Los Angeles, 283–84
in New York, 230, 284
Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog,” 161, 177
Collette, Buddy, 217–18
Collins, Beatrice Armstrong, 19–20
Collins, Johnny, 132, 133–36
Collins, Mickey, 56–57, 57–58
Colonial Inn, 203
Colored Musicians’ Union, 84–85
Coltrane, John, 258, 292, 343, 375
Columbia Records, 129, 186, 323
Combine, the, 137–40, 142, 158, 162, 163–64, 185
Commonwealth Hotel, 106, 109–10
Como, Perry, 321
Compton, Betty, 164–65
Condon, Eddie, 91–92, 121–22, 140–42, 355
Congo Square, 16–17
“connected,” 27, 33, 36, 129, 261, 325
Connick, Harry, Jr., 373
Connie’s Inn, 129, 134–36, 144, 152, 184, 185–86
Cookery, the, 352–53
Coolidge, Calvin, 113
Copacabana (New York City), 315–23, 325–26, 327, 333, 342
Copa Room at the Sands, 302, 316, 327, 329–30, 333, 334–35, 344
Copland, Aaron, 126–27
cornet, 13, 15, 20, 21, 35, 95
Costello, Frank, 206, 327
Atlantic City Conference, 200
attempted assassination of, 346
Copacabana and, 316–18, 322–23, 325, 342
Cuba and, 245, 247, 250, 348
Diamond and, 139–40
Kefauver hearings, 272, 277
Rothstein and, 152–53
Sinatra and Dorsey, 225
Cotton Club (Chicago), 95–96, 122, 180
Cotton Club (Harlem), 16, 144, 149, 165, 169–82, 205, 206–7
Cotton Club (Los Angeles), 130–32, 135, 180
Count Basie Orchestra, 83, 199, 201, 245, 261–62, 264, 330
Crawford, Joan, 159
Crawford Grill, 210
Creole Jazz Band, 89, 90–93
“Creole Love Call,” 174
“Creole Rhapsody,” 175–76
Crosby, Bing, 9, 129, 189–91, 194, 223, 307, 365
Crouch, Stanley, 3, 73–74
Cuba, 6, 75, 245–53, 272–73, 278–92, 348
Cuban Club (Ybor City), 202
Cuban coup d’état of 1952, 280
Cuban Gardens (Kansas City), 74–77, 87, 211, 386–87n
Cuban Revolution, 202–3, 290–91, 328
Cugat, Xavier, 203, 328
“cut-outs,” 314–15, 363, 364, 365
“cutting,” 148–50
Daley, Richard J., 304
Dalitz, Moe, 200, 204, 245, 250, 328, 330
Nelli, Humberto S. The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Nown, Graham. Arkansas Godfather: The Story of Owney Madden and How He Hijacked Middle America. Little Rock: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2013.
Okrent, Daniel. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scribner, 2011.
O’Malley, Terence William. Black Hand/Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City. Kansas City: The Covington Group, 2011.
Ostransky, Leroy. Jazz City: The Impact of Our Cities on the Development of Jazz. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Ouseley, William. Open City: The True Story of the KC Crime Family. Leawood, KS: Leathers Publishing, 2012.
Owsley, Dennis C. St. Louis Jazz: A History. West Columbia, SC: The History Press, 2015.
Paduro Fuentes, Leonardo. The Sad Night of Chano Pozo. Valencia, Spain: AJUBELstudio, 2013.
Pearson, Nathan W. Goin’ to Kansas City. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Peterson, Virgil. The Mob: 200 Years of Organized Crime in New York. New York: Little, Brown, 1952.
Pileggi, Nicholas. Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Podell-Raber, Mickey, with Charles Pignone. The Copa: Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana. New York: Harper, 2007.
Reddig, William M. Tom’s Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1991.
Reig, Teddy, with Edward Berger. Reminiscing in Tempo: The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1995.
Riccardi, Ricky. Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Rose, Al. Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
Russel, Ross. Jazz Styles in Kansas City and the Southwest. New York: Da Capo Press, 1973.
Russo, Gus. The Outfit: The Role of Chicago’s Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2002.
_______. Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America’s Hidden Power Brokers. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2006.
Sann, Paul. Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1971.
Schwartz, David G. At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together and Went Out with a Bang. Las Vegas, NV: Winchester Books, 2020.
Server, Lee. Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Roselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2019.
Shapiro, Nat, and Nat Hentoff. Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya: The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It. New York: Rinehart and Co., 1955.
Shaw, Arnold. 52nd Street: The Street of Jazz. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
Shipton, Alyn. Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Sidran, Ben. Black Talk: How the Music of Black America Created a Radical Alternative to the Values of Western Literary Tradition. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
Singer, Barr. Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf. New York: Shirmer Books, 1992.
Spencer, Frederick J. Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Stewart, Rex. Jazz Masters of the 30s. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
Stoddard, Tom (as told to). Pops Foster: The Autobiography of a New Orleans Jazzman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
Sublette, Ned. Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2004.
_______. The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2008.
Sullivan, Leo T. Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World: An Illustrated Tribute, 1949–1965. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2018.
Sylvester, Robert. No Cover Charge: A Backward Look at the Nightclubs. New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
Teachout, Terry. Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington. New York: Avery, 2014.
_______. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Tereba, Tere. Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.’s Notorious Mobster. New York: ECW Press, 2012.
Thiele, Bob. What a Wonderful World: A Lifetime of Recordings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Tosches, Nick. Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
_______. King of the Jews: The Greatest Mob Story Never Told. New York: Ecco, 2005.
_______. Save the Last Dance for Satan. New York: Kicks Books, 2011.
Travis, Dempsey J. An Autobiography of Black Jazz. Chicago: Chicago Academy Press, 1983.
Van Meter, Jonathan. The Last Good Time: Skinny D’Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, & the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City. New York: Crown, 2003.
Walker, Stanley. The Nightclub Era. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1983.
Waller, Maurice, and Anthony Calabrese. Fats Waller. New York: Schirmer Books, 1977.
Waters, Ethel, with Charles Samuels. His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography. New York: Praeger, 1978.
Wein, George, with Nate Chinen. Myself Among Others: A Memoir. New York: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Wells, Dicky, as told to Stanley Dance. The Night People: The Jazz Life of Dicky Wells. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1971.
Whitaker, Mark. Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Wilkerson, W. R., III. Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2018.
Index
A specific form of pagination for this digital edition has been developed to match the print edition from which the index was created. If the application you are reading this on supports this feature, the page references noted in this index should align. At this time, however, not all digital devices support this functionality. Therefore, we encourage you to please use your device’s search capabilities to locate a specific entry.
abortion, 193
Academy Awards, 159, 302, 335
Accardo, Tony, 222, 302–3
Adderley, Julian “Cannonball,” 292, 355, 373
Adonis, Joe, 200, 276
Africa, 16–17, 54, 343
After Hours, 311
Aggeler, William Tell, 132
“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” 103, 129, 189
“Alabama,” 343
Aladdin Hotel and Casino, 336
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories (AMGOT), 240
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,” 203, 220, 245, 328, 331
Alterie, Louis “Two Gun,” 213
Amberg, Louis “Pretty Boy,” 235–37
American Dream, 10, 40, 193, 235
American Federation of Musicians (AFM), 135–36, 184, 214, 312–13
American Revolution, 41
American Temperance Society, 58
Ammons, Gene, 365
Anastasia, Albert, 200, 225, 250
Anderson, Ernie, 128
Anderson, Howard “Duke,” 200
Anderson, Thomas Charles, 25–29, 58
Anderson’s, 27–28
Anslinger, Harry J., 73
anti-Italian prejudice, 48–51, 53
Antlers Club, 73–74
Apollo Theater, 150, 228
Arbor Dance Hall, 167
Arkansas Rangers, 206
Arlington, Josie, 28
Arlington’s Annex, 28, 30
Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo,” 8–9, 56, 78, 234, 283, 355–57
on bebop, 241
in Chicago, 89–93, 133–36, 190, 226
Collins and, 132, 133–36
death of, 354
early life of, 13, 15, 18–20
early music career of, 20–22
Ellington collaborations, 260–61
Glaser and, 93–98, 113, 127–28, 184–86, 299, 355–57
Hot Chocolates, 129–30, 134, 153, 154, 155–57
King Oliver and, 20–21, 35–36, 89–93, 113, 127
in Las Vegas, 329, 331
legacy of, 355–57
in Los Angeles, 130–32
management wars, 133–36, 183–86
marijuana use of, 130–32
Matranga’s and, 21–22, 23, 37–39
mob and, 21–23, 36, 133–36, 183–84
in New Orleans, 18–22, 25, 35–36
in New York, 126–27, 129–30, 153, 179, 183–86
Rockwell and, 129–31, 133–36
Sydney steamboat, 59–60
Armstrong, Mary Albert, 19–20
Army, U.S., 72, 106, 228, 240, 311, 323, 332
“Arrivederci, Roma,” 289
Asbury, Herbert, 33, 101–2
Ashkenazi Jews, 94, 363
Associated Booking Corporation (ABC), 94, 299–300, 355, 356–57
Astoria Club, 28
Astor Theater, 197
Atlantic City, 200–202, 229, 328
Atlantic City Conference, 200
Atomic Café, 263
AT&T, 288–89
Avakian, George, 186
babalao, 281
Back o’ Town, 17–19
Bailey, Pearl, 323
Baker, Chet, 241
Baker, Josephine, 320
Barbarin, Paul, 32
Barefield, Eddie, 68, 79
Barker, Danny, 32
Baron’s Exclusive Club, 158–59, 171
Basie, William “Count,” 199, 245, 299
in Atlantic City, 201
death of, 355
in Kansas City, 77–78, 80, 83
lack of financial compensation, 362
in Las Vegas, 329, 330
Levy and Roulette Records, 261–64
in New York, 158–59, 231, 258
Sinatra and Reprise Records, 307
Batista, Fulgencio, 246–47, 279–80, 283, 287–91
Battlefield, the, 18–19
“Battle of the Bands,” 83, 98–99
“bawdy houses,” 73–74
Beatles, the, 315
bebop, 241–42, 243–44, 256
Bechet, Sidney, 17, 28, 42, 92, 314, 340
Beiderbecke, Bix, 91
Belafonte, Harry, 306, 318, 333
Bellevue Hospital, 266–67, 341
Bennett, Tony, 321, 323–24
Benson, Jerky, 143
Bergreen, Laurence, 390n
Berle, Milton, 235–36
Berlin, Irving, 139, 164
Bernstein brothers, 117–18
“Besame Mucho,” 287
Beth Israel Hospital, 356
Beulah Baptist Church, 297–98
Bigard, Barney, 177
Big 25 Club, 36
Billboard, 220–21, 222, 225–26, 234–35, 292
Birdland (Miami), 259
Birdland (New York City), 254–59, 268–70, 281, 292–96, 309–10, 312, 315, 347
Birmingham church bombing, 343
“Black and Blue,” 156–57
Black-and-Tan, 95, 113, 116
“Black and Tan Fantasy,” 174
blackface, 53–54, 105, 139
Black Hand, 43–44, 71–72, 107
Black Sox Scandal, 153
Blakey, Art, 258, 341
Blanchard, Terence, 373
Blanco Rico, Manuel, 289
“blind pigs,” 98
Blue Devils, 83
Blue Goose, 73
“Blue Skies,” 139
“bobbysoxers,” 197
Bogart, Humphrey, 318–19
Bolden, Buddy, 15, 20, 56
“bolita,” 160, 202
bootlegging, 75, 99, 117, 137–38, 168–69, 219–20. See also Prohibition
bordellos, 15–16, 24–26, 28, 35–36, 58–59, 73–74
Borges, Max, Jr., 285
Bova, Joe, 57–58
Braddock Hotel, 228
Brando, Marlon, 255
Bronfman, Edgar, Sr., 219–20
Brooklyn gangsters, 70n. See also specific gangsters
Brown, Piney (Columbus S. Perry), 68
Brown, Walter “Piney,” 68
Buchalter, Lepke, 200
Buena Vista Social Club, 287
Bureau of Prohibition, 113, 117
Burt, Hilma, 30–31
Burton, Ellis, 81–82
Bushell, Garvin, 79
Butera, Sam, 330
Byas, Don, 340
“Bye Bye Blackbird,” 179
cabaret cards, 264–67
Cabito, 282
Cadillac Café, 214
Caesar’s Palace, 359, 361
Café de Paris, 113
Café Society, 315, 341–42, 352
Café Trocadero, 217, 363
Cagney, Jimmy, 169
Calloway, Cab, 96, 126, 177–82, 198, 206
Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino, 305, 308, 357–58, 359, 361
Camarillo State Hospital, 266
Capitol Theater, 194
capodecina, 44–45
Capone, Albert Francis “Sonny,” 100
Capone, Alphonse Gabriel “Al,” 8, 40, 96–107, 247
Armstrong and, 96–98
Atlantic City Conference, 200
in Chicago, 70n, 72, 93–94, 96–107, 111–12, 113–14, 116–17, 120–21, 125–26, 127, 137, 155, 179, 190, 217, 245, 283, 363
early life of, 99–100
Glaser and, 93–94, 96–98, 113, 128, 179, 185, 186
Havana Conference, 245, 250–51
in Hot Springs, 205
love of jazz, 7, 98–104, 389n
nickname of, 99–100
tax-evasion case, 190
Waller and, 103–4, 151
Capone, Mae Coughlin, 100
Capone, Ralph, 126, 180, 252
Carbo, Frankie, 225, 233
Carpenter, Charlie, 130
Carter, Benny, 208, 340
Carter, Betty, 310, 347–49
Caruso, Enrico, 102
Casino Gardens, 56–57
Cassotto, Severino Antonio “Big Sam Curly,” 324–25
Castellano, Paul, 360
Castilian Gardens, 140
Castro, Fidel, 288–89, 291
Castro, Raul, 291
Cataldo, Joseph “Joey the Wop,” 255, 258
Cecil Hotel, 242–43
Central Avenue (Los Angeles), 213–15, 217, 218, 283–84
Centro Asturiano, 202
Chambers, Paul, 292
Cherry, Don, 343
Chess Records, 362–63, 364
Chesterfield Club, 73
Chez Paree, 342
Chicago, 55, 89–115, 120–26. See also specific clubs
Chicago Defender, 128, 133
“Chicago jazz style,” 92, 122
Chicago Theater, 191
Chico Hamilton Quintet, 270
Childs Restaurant, 197–98
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 291
Ciaccio, Peter, 36
Ciaffone, Dominic, 258, 260, 270, 312, 313
Ciro’s, 217, 273, 342, 363
civil rights movement, 7–8, 309–10, 333–34, 342–43
Clark, Lefty, 285
Clarke, Kenny, 341
Clay, Henry, 49
Cliffe, Adam C., 114–15
Clouds of Joy, 76–77, 77, 211, 299–300, 352
Club Bohemia, 315
Club Cameo, 206–7
Club Carousel, 230
Club Chateau, 202
Club DeLuxe, 159, 169
Club Downbeat, 218, 230
Club Durant, 143–44
Club Harlem, 200
Club Hot Cha, 149
Club Parisién, 283
Club Riviera, 196, 209
Cobb, Billy, 292
Coconut Grove, 203
Cohan, George M., 143
Cohen, Art, 109–10, 111
Cohen, Danny, 104–7
Cohen, Mickey, 70n, 216–18, 222, 247, 284, 331, 364
Cole, Nat “King,” 306, 320
in Atlantic City, 201
in Cuba, 286–88
early life of, 283
in Las Vegas, 329, 331–35
in Los Angeles, 283–84
in New York, 230, 284
Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog,” 161, 177
Collette, Buddy, 217–18
Collins, Beatrice Armstrong, 19–20
Collins, Johnny, 132, 133–36
Collins, Mickey, 56–57, 57–58
Colonial Inn, 203
Colored Musicians’ Union, 84–85
Coltrane, John, 258, 292, 343, 375
Columbia Records, 129, 186, 323
Combine, the, 137–40, 142, 158, 162, 163–64, 185
Commonwealth Hotel, 106, 109–10
Como, Perry, 321
Compton, Betty, 164–65
Condon, Eddie, 91–92, 121–22, 140–42, 355
Congo Square, 16–17
“connected,” 27, 33, 36, 129, 261, 325
Connick, Harry, Jr., 373
Connie’s Inn, 129, 134–36, 144, 152, 184, 185–86
Cookery, the, 352–53
Coolidge, Calvin, 113
Copacabana (New York City), 315–23, 325–26, 327, 333, 342
Copa Room at the Sands, 302, 316, 327, 329–30, 333, 334–35, 344
Copland, Aaron, 126–27
cornet, 13, 15, 20, 21, 35, 95
Costello, Frank, 206, 327
Atlantic City Conference, 200
attempted assassination of, 346
Copacabana and, 316–18, 322–23, 325, 342
Cuba and, 245, 247, 250, 348
Diamond and, 139–40
Kefauver hearings, 272, 277
Rothstein and, 152–53
Sinatra and Dorsey, 225
Cotton Club (Chicago), 95–96, 122, 180
Cotton Club (Harlem), 16, 144, 149, 165, 169–82, 205, 206–7
Cotton Club (Los Angeles), 130–32, 135, 180
Count Basie Orchestra, 83, 199, 201, 245, 261–62, 264, 330
Crawford, Joan, 159
Crawford Grill, 210
Creole Jazz Band, 89, 90–93
“Creole Love Call,” 174
“Creole Rhapsody,” 175–76
Crosby, Bing, 9, 129, 189–91, 194, 223, 307, 365
Crouch, Stanley, 3, 73–74
Cuba, 6, 75, 245–53, 272–73, 278–92, 348
Cuban Club (Ybor City), 202
Cuban coup d’état of 1952, 280
Cuban Gardens (Kansas City), 74–77, 87, 211, 386–87n
Cuban Revolution, 202–3, 290–91, 328
Cugat, Xavier, 203, 328
“cut-outs,” 314–15, 363, 364, 365
“cutting,” 148–50
Daley, Richard J., 304
Dalitz, Moe, 200, 204, 245, 250, 328, 330
