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D’Amato, Paul “Skinny,” 201–2, 305, 342
Damone, Vic, 321–23
D’Angelo, Johnny, 322–23
Daniels, Billy, 231–32, 244
Dante’s Inferno (Kansas City), 74
Dante’s Lodge (New Orleans), 54
Darin, Bobby, 321, 324–26, 330
Darin at the Copa, 325
Davis, Miles, 241, 242, 256, 292–96, 309
Davis, Sammy, Jr.
in Atlantic City, 201
in Las Vegas, 329, 331, 332, 333, 336
legacy of, 355
in New York, 317–20
racism and segregation, 317–20, 331, 332, 333, 355
Sinatra and, 305, 306, 307, 317–20, 336
Debut Records, 340–41
DeCarlo, Angelo “Gyp,” 302
Delson, Harry, 143
DeMange, George “Big Frenchy,” 172, 182
Denver, 211–13
DeSoto Hotel, 202
Detroit, 117–20
Detroit Lions, 311
Dewey, Thomas E., 183, 206, 249
Diamond, Jack “Legs,” 137–42, 144–46, 152, 238
Dickerson, Carroll, 94–95, 129
“dinner jazz,” 372
Diplomat Hotel, 365
“Dixieland,” 55–56
Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, 373–74
“Doctor Jazz,” 31
Dodds, Johnny, 92, 102
D’Orazio, Joey, 225
Dorsey, Jimmy, 117–18
Dorsey, Tommy, 117–18, 196–98, 222–26, 247, 267
DownBeat, 198, 223, 241, 253, 335, 347
Doyle, Patsy, 167–68
Dragna, Jack, 215
Dreamland Ballroom, 94
drug use. See heroin; marijuana
drum circles, 16–17
Du Bois, W.E.B., 174
Duke University, 353–54
Dunbar Hotel, 218
Durante, Jimmy, 143–44, 328, 329
Durham, Eddie, 80–81
Dylan, Bob, 325
Eastside Musicians Club, 67–68
Eboli, Tommy, 313–14, 344–45
Ebony (magazine), 125–26
Eckstine, Billy, 208–9, 210, 262, 329, 339
Edison, Thomas, 28
Edison Hotel, 322
Ed Sullivan Show, 309, 315
Edwards, Sherman, 232–33
18th and Vine District (Kansas City), 67, 68, 77–79, 210
Eighteenth Amendment, 58, 65
Ellington, Edward “Duke,” 8, 10, 126, 151, 173–78, 199, 300
Armstrong collaborations, 260–61
in Atlantic City, 201
death of, 355
in Hot Springs, 206–7
lack of financial compensation, 362
in Las Vegas, 330
in New York, 148, 173–78, 179, 182
in Pittsburgh, 210
Sinatra and Reprise Records, 307
Elmira Prison, 195
El Rancho Vegas, 329–30, 332
Emby Distributing Company, 220
Emma Johnson’s Circus House, 16
Entratta, Charlie, 144–46
Entratter, Jack, 327–28, 329–30, 332–35
Evans, Bill, 292, 355
Evergreen Country Club, 191
Exclusive Club, 158–59, 171
Famous Door, the, 230–31, 233–35, 315
Faubourg Marigny, 45
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 8, 190, 191, 255, 258, 304, 305, 308–9, 312–13, 344–47, 366–69
FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics), 73, 131, 251–52
Feather, Leonard, 253
Fellove, Francisco, 290
Fifth Amendment, 277
52nd Street (New York City), 229–34, 240, 244, 253–54, 315
Fischetti brothers, 247, 250, 252, 273, 275–76, 302, 337, 338
Fisher, Eddie, 247, 308
Fitzgerald, Ella, 227, 290, 309, 320, 375
in Hot Springs, 206
in Las Vegas, 330
in Los Angeles, 364
Sinatra and, 306, 307
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 65
Five Families, 45, 238, 351. See also specific gangsters
Five Points (Denver), 211
Five Points (New York City), 27
500 Café (The Five), 200–201
500 Club (Atlantic City), 305, 342
Flamingo Hotel and Casino, 251, 328–29, 330
Flavor and Soul (Gennari), 307–8, 321
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, 126, 173–74
Fontainebleau Hotel, 303, 337–38
Formosa, Johnny, 308–9
Foster, Frankie, 134, 135–36, 184
Foster, George “Pops,” 14–15
Foster, Willie, 14–15
Fox, Ed, 122, 123–24
Fox, Martín, 285
France, SS, 344
Francis, Connie, 321
Fratianno, Jimmy “the Weasel,” 360
Freed, Alan, 312
Freedom Now Suite, 342–43, 344
Freedom Rides, 310
“free jazz,” 343–44
French Quarter, 24, 25, 45, 59
Friars Inn, 121–22
From Here to Eternity (movie), 302
Fulton Fish Market, 363
funeral parades, 15
Funky Butt Hall, 15
Gallo, Joey, 341
Gambino, Carlo, 360
Gambino crime family, 360, 363
“gangsters,” 21
Garaventa, Dolly, 192
Gardner, Ava, 255, 273, 301
Gargotta, Charlie “Mad Dog,” 75
Garner, Erroll, 298, 355
Gennari, John, 307–8, 321
Genovese, Vito, 239–40, 250, 258, 313–14, 346–47
Genovese crime family, 203, 238, 255, 258, 259, 312, 313–14, 345–47
Gershwin, George, 126, 174
Getz, Stan, 241, 258, 282
ghost voting, 65
Giancana, Antoinette, 302
Giancana, Chuck, 111–12
Giancana, Sam “Momo,” 314
in Chicago, 109–12, 190, 222, 337
Lewis assault, 106–11, 303–4
Sinatra and, 247, 302–9, 337, 338, 357–58, 359
Giardinieri, 45, 47
Gigante, Vincent “the Chin,” 345–47, 348, 364, 367–68
Gillespie, John Birks “Dizzy,” 208–9, 241–42, 266, 340
Gioia, Ted, 381n
Glaser, Joe, 8, 299–300, 347
Armstrong and, 93–98, 113, 127–28, 184–86, 299, 355–57
Associated Booking Corporation, 94, 299–300, 355, 356–57
Capone and, 93–94, 96–98, 113, 128
in Chicago, 93–98, 113, 127–28, 179
statutory rape charge of, 127–28
Williams and, 299–300, 353
Gleason, Ralph, 362
“God Bless the Child,” 230
Godfather, The (Puzo), 226
Golden Gate Theatre, 223
Goodman, Benny, 91, 95, 199, 201, 234, 300, 314, 330, 365
Gophers Gang, 167–68, 169, 205
Gordon, Dexter, 241, 256, 339–40
Gordon, Max, 186, 375
Gotti, John, 348
Graciele, Eddie, 54
Gran Casino Nacional, 246, 251, 252–53
Grand Terrace Cafe, 122–26, 283, 363
Great Depression, 86, 142–43, 198–99
Great Meadow Correctional Facility, 248–49
Great Potato Famine, 40, 64, 166
Great Reunion, The, 260–61
Greco, Buddy, 330
Greene, Shecky, 337–38
Greenlee, William Augustus “Gus,” 209–11
Green Mill Gardens, 104–11, 122
Greenwich Village Inn, 314, 323
Greer, Sonny, 176–77, 178, 355
Gresham’s Law, 254
Griffin, Johnny, 340
Guarnieri, Johnny, 231
Guzik, Jake, 222
Hague, Frank “I Am the Law,” 192
Haley, Bill, 292
Hall, Bert, 149–50
Hammergren, Milton, 220–21
Hampton, Lionel, 7, 8, 130, 381n
Hardin, Lillian “Lil,” 92, 127
Harlem, 143, 146–51, 155–62, 170–71, 227–29, 315
Harlem Renaissance, 160, 173, 227, 239
Harlem riots of 1935, 227–28
Harlem riots of 1943, 228
Harlem stride style, 103
Harris, Charlie, 334–35
Harry James Orchestra, 196
Harvard Inn, 99–100
Havana, Cuba. See Cuba
Havana Conference, 245, 250–51, 279
Hawkins, Coleman, 150, 151, 340
Hawthorne Inn, 100–101, 104
Heaney, Seamus, 176
Hell’s Kitchen, 166–68
Henderson, Carolyn Rich, 171
Henderson, Fletcher, 126, 173–74
Hendricks, Jon, 204–5
Hennessy, David, 47–50
Hentoff, Nat, 9
heroin, 118–20, 152–53, 237–44, 265–66, 300, 399n
Hickory House, 230
Hill, Virginia, 251
Hines, Earl “Fatha,” 122–26, 176, 371
in Chicago, 116–17, 122–26, 146, 283
death of, 355
Mezzrow and Capone, 116–17, 146, 155
Morton and, 32
in Pittsburgh, 210, 298
“hip flask ruling,” 114–15
Hirt, Alois “Al,” 373
Hoboken Four, 194
Hoboken Sicilian Culture League, 192
Hoff, Maxie “Boo Boo,” 174
Holiday, Billie, 189, 341–42, 347
death of, 310
heroin use, 241, 242, 265–66
lack of financial compensation, 362
in New York, 150, 227–28, 230–31, 265–66, 274, 284, 341–42
Sinatra and, 196, 230–31, 274
“Strange Fruit,” 1, 230, 341–42, 352
Holstein, Casper, 159–61, 210
Honey Boy Jazz Band, 105
“Honeysuckle Rose,” 103
Hoover, J. Edgar, 8
Horne, Lena, 172–73, 210, 329, 333
Hot Chocolates, 129–30, 134, 153, 154, 155–57
Hotel Fourteen, 322
Hotel Nacional, 248, 250, 251–52, 273, 275–76, 279, 280–81, 283
Hotel Presidente, 245
Hot Springs, Arkansas, 205–7, 328
Hotsy Totsy Club, 137–38, 140, 142–46, 150
House I Live In, The (movie), 335
How the Irish Became White (Ignatiev), 165–66
Hudson Dusters, 167
Hudson Theater, 129
Hughes, Langston, 171–72, 175
Ignatiev, Noel, 165–66
“I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You,” 186
“I’ll Never Smile Again,” 222–23
Immerman, Connie, 129–30, 134–36, 156, 184
Immerman, George, 156
immigration and immigrants, 4, 40–41, 42–43, 48–49, 165–66
indigenous peoples, 4, 193
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 240, 351
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), 239, 240
In the Wee Small Hours, 302
Irish immigrants, 4, 25, 40–43, 51, 64, 165–66
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 88, 312, 345
Italian American singers, 321–26
Italian immigrants, 4, 40, 41, 42–45, 48–49, 70, 192, 193
Jackson, Rufus “Sonnyman,” 210–11
Jackson County Democratic Club, 67, 75
Jacobs, George, 306–7
Jacobs, Sydney, 141
Jamal, Ahmad, 298
James, Joni, 321
James, Tommy, 400n
James Alley, 18–19
jazz
origins of, 23–25, 29–30
use of term, 9, 23
Jazz Age, 65, 146, 164
Jazz at Lincoln Center, 373–74
Jazz at Massey Hall, 340
Jazz Composers Workshop, 341
jazz parades, 15, 33
Jazz Singer, The (movie), 139
Jefferson Hotel, 67
“Jelly Roll” (“vagina”), 31
Jet (magazine), 259
“jig music,” 5, 146
Jim Crow, 59–60, 116, 170, 318–19, 331–35
Jockey Club, 245–46
Johnson, Albert J. “Budd,” 79, 133, 244
Johnson, Arnie, 233
Johnson, Cee Pee, 217–18
Johnson, Ellsworth “Bumpy,” 180, 183, 239–40, 243–44
Johnson, Enoch “Nucky,” 200
Johnson, J. J., 208, 265
Johnson, Jack, 159, 169–70
Johnson, James P., 148
Johnson, Mayme, 243, 244
Johnson, Pete, 67
Johnson, Willie Gary “Bunk,” 20
Joker Is Wild, The (Cohen), 109–10, 111
Joker Is Wild, The (movie), 303
Jolson, Al, 139–40, 143, 326
Jones, Joe, 281
Jones, Quincy, 263, 330
Joplin, Scott, 207
Josephson, Barney, 352–53
Jubilesta, the, 73
“juice,” 27
jukeboxes, 220–22
Jungle Inn, 34–35
“jungle music,” 174
Justice Department, U.S., 308, 350–51
Kansas City, 63–88, 99. See also specific clubs
Kansas City American, 67
Kansas City Call, 79–80
Kansas City Monarchs, 67
Kansas City Seven, 262
Karnofsky family, 95
Katzel, Bud, 261
Kefauver, Estes (Kefauver hearings), 271–77, 301, 304
Kelly, Wynton, 292
Kelly’s Stable, 230, 284
Kennedy, John F., 47, 304–6, 308, 335–36
Kennedy, Joseph P., 219–20
Kennedy, Robert F., 47, 221–22, 304, 308–9
Kenton, Stan, 330, 355
Kentucky Club, 173, 176
Keppard, Freddie, 92
Kerouac, Jack, 255
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 295
Kind of Blue, 292–93
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 310
King Cole Trio, 284, 286–87
“King Porter Stomp,” 31
Kinney Club, 199
Kirk, Andy, 76–77, 211, 299–300
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland, 365
Kit Kat Club, 316
Kitt, Eartha, 201, 283
KKK (Ku Klux Klan), 51, 162, 163, 332, 335
Know Nothings, 49–50
Korshak, Sidney, 94, 128, 356, 363
Krassnow, Bob, 261
Krupa, Gene, 330, 355
La Guardia, Fiorello, 316–17
Laine, Jack, 55
Lala, John T., 36
Lala, Pete, 35–37, 54
LaMonte, John, 365–70
Lane, Dick “Night Train,” 311–12
Lansky, Meyer, 40, 348
Atlantic City Conference, 200
Cuba and, 245–53, 278–80, 283, 287, 289, 291, 316
in Florida, 203
Havana Conference, 245, 250–51, 279
jukebox business of, 220–22
Kefauver hearings, 271–73
Las Vegas and, 251, 328–31
Rothstein and, 152
World War II involvement of, 247, 248–49
Lanza, Mario, 289, 321
LaRocca, Dominic James “Nick,” 54–58, 385n
Last Good Time, The (Van Meter), 305
Las Vegas, 251, 291–92, 301–2, 327–44, 351, 357–62
as Mississippi of the West, 331–35
Lateef, Yusef, 343
Latin jazz, 202–3, 281
Lawford, Peter, 309, 336
Lazia, Johnny, 69–77, 70n, 79, 87–88, 100, 245
Lazia, Marie, 75, 87
“Learnin’ the Blues,” 292
Lee, Peggy, 330
“Lenox Avenue Blues,” 103
“Let’s Have a Jubilee,” 235
Levy, Irving, 255, 268–69, 270, 293
Levy, Morris “Mo,” 8, 255–60, 309–15
Birdland and, 255–59, 268–70, 309–10
death of, 268–70, 293
early life of, 255–56
FBI investigation of, 312–13, 344–47, 366–69
MCA Records, 94, 362–70
in New York, 255–60, 268–70
Roulette Records, 259–60, 262–64, 267–68, 293, 310–13, 345, 347–49, 367, 369
trial of, 369–70
Lewis, Jerry, 225, 318–20
Lewis, Joe E., 9, 104–12, 190, 213, 226, 303–4, 307, 329–30
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, 201
Lincoln, Abbey, 342, 343
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 373–74
Lincoln Gardens, 90–93
Lindy’s, 138–39, 152, 153
Little Caesar (movie), 350
Little Palermo, 43, 45, 49, 53, 234, 236
“Livery Stable Blues,” 56
Lomax, Alan, 31, 32–33
Los Angeles, 213–18, 363–64. See also specific clubs
Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871, 51
Los Angeles Herald, 273
Los Angeles Police Department, 131
Los Arcos de Cristal, 285, 286
Louis Armstrong and His Sunset Stompers, 95, 97
Louisiana Purchase, 41
Luciano, Charles “Lucky,” 40, 215, 220, 271
Atlantic City Conference, 200
Cuba and, 247–53, 272–76, 279
Havana Conference, 245, 250–51, 279
heroin business, 138, 152, 238–39
in Hot Springs, 206
Kefauver hearings, 272–76
Rothstein and, 138, 152, 238
Russell and, 235
World War II involvement of, 247, 248–49
Luigi’s Club, 117–18
Lumia, Jimmy, 202
Lunceford, Jimmie, 208, 210, 218, 245
Lusco, Joe, 74
lynchings, 1–3, 49–52
Macambo Club, 363–64
McClellan, John J. (McClellan hearings), 221–22, 304–5
McCormack, John, 105
McCullers, Carson, 304
McGuire, Phyllis, 309
McGuire Sisters, 309, 357
McGurn, Jack “Machine Gun,” 106–11, 190–91
Machito and His Afro Cubans, 202, 281, 282
McHugh, Jimmy, 173–74
McKusick, Hal, 269
McLean, Jackie, 241
McRae, Carmen, 243, 330
“Macushla,” 105
Madden, Owen Vincent “Owney,” 166–73, 183, 215
Cotton Club and, 169–73, 174, 177, 179, 180, 205
early life of, 166
in Hot Springs, 205–7
in New York, 166–73, 174, 205
Madden’s No. 1, 168–69
Madison Square Garden, 233
Mafia Commission Trial of 1984, 351
Mailer, Norman, 115, 255
Maine, USS, 278–79
Manhattan Music Company, 210
Manhattan-Simplex, 220–21
Manone, Wingy, 92
“Manteca,” 281, 282
Mantle, Mickey, 315
