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Marable, Fate, 59
Maranzano, Salvatore, 238–39
Marcello, Carlos, 47, 222
Marden, Ben, 196
marijuana, 118–19, 130–32
Marquette, Pee Wee, 257
Marsala, Marty, 121
Marsalis, Ellis, Jr., 373
Marsalis, Wynton, 372–74
Martin, Billy, 315
Martin, “Cocaine” Buddy, 21
Martin, Dean, 305, 307, 309, 321
Martin, Tony, 283
Marty O’Brien’s, 192–93
Mary Lou Williams Foundation, 354
Mason, Jackie, 336
Masseria, Joseph “Joe the Boss,” 238–39
Massey, Billy, 76–77
Mathis, Johnny, 320, 330
Matranga, Antonio, 45–47
Matranga, Charles, 45–47, 49, 50
Matranga, Giuseppe, 46
Matranga, Henry, 37–39
Matranga, Salvatore, 44–45, 47
Matranga family, 21–22, 23, 37, 44–50
Matranga’s (club), 37–39, 54
Mayfield Road Gang, 204
MCA Records, 94, 190, 226, 362–70
Meeropol, Abel, 1
Mehle, Aileen (Suzy Knickerbocker), 286
Mercury Records, 310–11
Merola, Tommy, 144, 145
Mezzrow, Milton “Mezz,” 115–20, 390n
in Chicago, 116–17, 140, 141–42
death of, 354
in Detroit, 117–20, 238
Diamond and, 140, 141–42
drugs and drug use, 118–20, 131, 238
identification with Black culture, 115–16, 390n
in New York, 146–47, 176, 184
Miami, 202–3
Miller, Glenn, 199
Miller, Harry B., 128
Miller, Julius “Yellow Charleston,” 159
Mingus, Charles, 243, 268, 307, 340–41, 355
Ministerial Alliance of Liberty, 75–76
“Minnie the Moocher,” 177–78
minstrelsy, 53–54
Minton’s Playhouse, 228, 242–43, 244
Miranda, Carmen, 203, 316
“Mississippi Goddamn,” 343
Mississippi River, 14, 18, 36
steamboats, 59–60
Mister Jelly Roll (Lomax), 32–33
“mobbed up,” 6, 33, 123, 130
“mob boss,” 26–27
Monk, Thelonious, 241, 243, 265–66, 341, 355
Montgomery bus boycott, 310
Montmartre Club, 281, 289
“Mooche, The,” 174
Moonlight Ranch, 211–13
Moré, Beny, 290
Moretti, Willie, 195–96, 224–25, 247, 250, 301
Kefauver hearings, 272, 274, 277–78
Morrison, Dillard “Red,” 243–44
Morrow, Edward, 73
Mortimer, Lee, 273
Morton, Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe), 8, 30–35, 151
assault on, 34–35
in Chicago, 92
early life of, 30–31
lack of financial compensation, 362
in Los Angeles, 214
in New Orleans, 16, 30–33, 42
nickname of, 31
Morton, Mabel, 34
Moten, Benjamin “Bennie,” 78, 80, 82–85
Moulin Rouge, 104
Mr. S (Jacobs), 306–7
Muscarella, Ray, 323–24
Music for Peace, 353
Musicians’ Protective Union Local 627, 84–85
Music Is My Mistress (Ellington), 176
Mussolini, Benito, 240
“My Buddy,” 178, 212, 244
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 307, 320, 333–34, 342
NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers), 365
Nash, Frank “Jelly,” 86–88
Navy, U.S., 58, 160, 248–49, 268
Negro Baseball League, 67, 211
Nellis, Joseph, 272–77
Nevada Equal Rights Investigatory Commission, 333–34
Nevada Gaming Control Board, 357–61
Newark, 183, 199–200
New Orleans, 13–19, 23–29. See also Storyville
mob in, 21–23, 41–52
prostitution in, 15–16, 24–26, 28, 35–36, 58–59
New Orleans Gang, 234–35
New Orleans lynchings of 1891, 49–51, 52
New Orleans School for Creative Arts, 373
Newport, Kentucky, 204, 272, 328
Newport Jazz Festival, 186, 356
New Rendezvous, 105–11
Newton, Wayne, 351
New York Age, 160–61
New York City, 137–62, 163–64, 227–34, 253–59, 292–96. See also Harlem; and specific clubs
cabaret card system, 264–67
heroin in, 238–44
New York City Police Pension Fund, 265
New York Liquor Control Board, 266
New York Times, 159, 170, 177, 326
New York Yankees, 171, 315
“niggers,” 52, 102
Night Clubs (Durante), 143–44
Nixon, Richard, 305
North End (Kansas City), 70–73
North Side Gang, 57, 96, 100–101, 125
Now It’s My Turn, 348–49
O’Banion, Dean, 96, 100
O’Brien, Peter, 353, 354
O’Day, Anita, 227, 241
O’Farrill, Arturo “Chico,” 281, 282
OKeh Records, Inc., 82, 127, 129, 132
Oliver, Joseph “King,” 20–21, 35–36, 56, 89, 90–93, 113, 127
Only the Lonely, 302
“on the take,” 6
Onyx, the, 229–30, 231
opium, 118–20
“organized crime,” 25
Oriental, the, 73
Oriental Park Racetrack, 75, 246
Original Amateur Hour, 194
Original Dixieland Jass Band, 55–58, 60, 62
“Original Jelly Roll Blues,” 31
Ory, Edward “Kid,” 35, 59, 92, 214, 354
Page, Oran “Hot Lips,” 83
Page, Walter, 83
Pale of Settlement, 94
Palladium Ballroom, 281
Paradise Club, 200
Paramount Club, 209
Paramount Theatre, 223
Parish Prison lynchings, 49–50, 53, 70
Park Central Hotel, 154–55
Parker, Charlie “Bird,” 281, 340
death of, 267
heroin use, 241–42, 265–66
in Kansas City, 73–74, 79, 80
lack of financial compensation, 362
in New York, 254–58, 265–67
Parkerson, William Stirling, 49–51
Paseo Hall, 84
Patricia Music, 259
Paul Whiteman Orchestra, 175, 178, 245
Payne, Felix, 67–69, 79–80, 81, 209–10
“payola,” 263–64, 312
Payton, Nicholas, 373
Pendergast, Thomas Joseph “T. J.”, 63–70, 72–75, 78, 79, 83–85, 88, 164
Pepper, Art, 241, 355
Phoenix Cereal Beverage Company, 168
phonograph players, 60, 62, 86
“Piney Brown Blues,” 68
Pisello, Sal, 363–66
Pittsburgh, 209–11, 213, 298, 352
Pla-Mor Ballroom, 77
Plantation Café (Chicago), 113–14, 122, 128
Plantation Club (Harlem), 180–82
Plantation Club (St. Louis), 207–9
plantation mentality, 7–8, 320
plantations, 14–15, 170
Podell, Jules, 316–18, 318–20, 325–26
Polameni, Anthony, 315–16, 326
political machines, rise of, 63–64
Pons, Andrew, 21–22, 383n
Portuondo, Omara, 287
Potato Famine, 40, 64, 166
Powell, Bud, 241, 264, 300, 340
Pozo, Luciano “Chano,” 281–82
Price, Sammy, 81–82
Prima, Angelina Caravalla, 53, 54
Prima, Anthony, 53–54
Prima, Louis, 8, 53–54, 234–37, 306, 330, 351, 383n
Prohibition, 58, 65–67, 98–99, 100, 104–5, 113–15, 121, 137–38, 152–53, 182–83, 204, 214, 219–20, 245
Promo Records, 314–15, 345
Proser, Monte, 316–17
prostitution, 15–16, 24–26, 28, 35–36, 58–59, 73–74, 201
Provenzano family, 45–48
Puente, Tito, 281
Purple Gang, 117–18, 120, 285
Putnam Central Club, 341
Puzo, Mario, 226
“Quizas, Quizas, Quizas,” 287
racism, 55–56, 70, 71, 146, 170, 240, 296, 307, 318–21, 331–35, 339
Raft, George, 169
Raimo, Joseph, 71–72
Rainey, Gertrude “Ma,” 17, 297
Rampart Street, 19, 20, 27–28, 39
Random House, 303
Razaf, Andy, 152, 153, 155–59, 165, 189
Reagan, Ronald, 7
Really the Blues (Mezzrow), 115, 118–19, 140, 141–42, 146–47, 390n
Red Lantern, 47–48
Red Norvo Swing Sextet, 230–31
Reig, Teddy, 311
Reisenweber’s, 56
“Relaxin’ in Camarillo,” 266
“rent parties,” 148–49
Reprise Records, 307–9, 338–39
Republican Party, 7
Rhino Records, 370
Rhythms Club, 149–50
Rich, Buddy, 197–98, 222–23, 224–25, 282, 330
RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), 350–51
Riddle, Nelson, 306
“riffing,” 82–83
Riviera Hotel and Casino (Cuba), 290–91, 316
Rizzo, Jilly, 337–38
Roach, Max, 241, 268, 340–41, 342–43
Roberts, Kiki, 138, 141–42
Robertson, Zue, 32
Robinson, Clarence, 174
Robinson, Edward G., 350
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 255
“Rock Around the Clock,” 292
Rockefeller Center, 254, 274
Rockwell, Tommy, 127–36, 184
Rodriguez, Tito, 281
Rollins, Sonny, 343
Rose, Al, 24
Rosebud Café, 207
Roselli, Johnny, 215, 273, 364
Rossi, Eugene, 211
Rossi, Manlio “Mike,” 211–13
Rothstein, Abraham, 152
Rothstein, Arnold, 138–39, 152–55, 169, 238
Roulette Records, 259–64, 267–68, 293, 310–13, 345, 347–49, 367, 369, 370
Royal Roost, 256–57
Ruark, Robert, 252–53
Rum Boogie, 218
Runyon, Damon, 143
Rushing, Jimmy, 83
Russell, Charles “Pee Wee,” 234, 235–36
Rustic Cabin, 194, 195, 196
Ryan, Jimmy, 230
St. Clair, Stephanie, 161–62, 180, 183, 239
St. Cyr, Johnny, 31
“St. James Infirmary,” 179
St. Louis, 207–9
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 353
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 125, 190
saldati, 44–45
Salerno, Anthony “Fat Tony,” 348
Salvant, Cécile McLorin, 375–76
Sanders, Pharoah, 343
Sands Hotel and Casino, 301–1, 303, 308, 316, 327–28, 329–30, 332–36, 342, 358
San Miguel Studios, 287
Sans Souci Club, 280, 281, 283
Santa Barbara, 281–82
Saratoga, USS, 160
Satchmo (Armstrong), 19, 22, 37, 59–60, 89–90, 91
Savoy Ballroom, 130, 144, 149, 228, 315
Saxony Hotel, 336
Scarpelli, Tony and Jimmy, 208
Schlesinger, Lee, 270
Schultz, Dutch (Arthur Flegenheimer), 129, 136, 155–59, 161, 162, 183–86
Atlantic City Conference, 200
Schwartz, Yankee, 174
Sebastian, Frank, 130, 131–32, 180
segregation, 115–16, 170, 179–80, 207–8, 211, 214, 228, 318–21, 331–35
Segretto, Joe, 21–22, 383n
Shakespeare, Joseph A., 48–49, 51
Shanghai Theater, 287–88
Shaw, Arnold, 233–34, 253–54
Shaw, Artie, 199, 201
Shearing, George, 258, 282
Sherman, Virginia, 128
Sherman Hotel, 103
Short, Bobby, 171
Showboat Club, 133–34
Shuffle Along, 172
Sicilian immigrants, 4, 5–6, 42–45, 48–49, 52
Sicilian jazz musicians, 52–58
Sicilian lynchings of 1891, 49–51, 52
Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,” 8, 70n, 220, 251, 271
assassination of, 251, 328
Las Vegas and, 251, 328, 364
in Los Angeles, 215–18, 222, 247, 273
Rothstein and, 152
Simone, Nina, 343
“Simple Song of Freedom,” 326
Sinatra, Dolly, 192–95
Sinatra, Frank, 8–9, 189–98
arrests of, 194–95
in Atlantic City, 202
Basie and, 262
in Cuba, 247–53, 272–73, 275–76, 279
Dorsey contract, 222–26
early life of, 192–93
early music career of, 193–98, 202, 222–26, 227
Giancana and, 247, 302–7, 308–9, 337, 338, 357–58, 359
Holiday and, 196, 230–31, 274
hoodlum complex of, 335–39
Kefauver hearings, 272–77, 301
Kennedy and, 304–6, 308, 335–36
in Las Vegas, 329, 332–33, 357–61
in New York, 230–31, 267, 292, 315–16, 318–19
relationship with mafiosi, 191–98, 224–26, 247–53, 272–79, 301–9, 335–39, 357–62
Reprise Records, 307–9, 338–39, 340
Sinatra, Nancy Barbato, 194–95, 273
“Sing, Sing, Sing!”, 234
Sing Sing Prison, 168, 169
Sissle, Noble, 172
slavery, 3–4, 5, 17, 193, 281
Slippers, 37–38
Sloppy Joe’s (Havana), 75
Smaldone, Clyde, 212–13
Smalls Paradise, 149
Smith, Ada “Bricktop,” 214
Smith, Bessie, 17, 297, 325
Smith, Buster, 80
Smith, Ed, 220
Smith, Keely, 306, 330
Smith, Willie “The Lion,” 148, 150, 151, 354–55
Smoketown (Pittsburgh), 209–10, 213, 298, 352
“Someday Sweetheart,” 189
Sousa, John Philip, 55
Southern Pacific Railway, 214
South Side Gang, 57
Spanier, Muggsy, 95
Spanish-American War, 278–79
“sporting men,” 21
Spot, the, 217–18
Spotlight, the, 230
Stacher, Joseph “Doc,” 328, 329, 331
Standard Theater, 174
Stark, Herman, 172
Stein, Johnny, 55
Stein, Jules, 94, 190, 226, 363
Stevenson, Adlai, 305
Stewart, Rex, 90, 149–50
Stewart, Sammy, 95–96
Stork Club, 320, 327, 333
“Stormy Weather,” 175
Story, Sidney, 24
Storyville, 23–29, 35–39
farewell to, 58–61
prostitution in, 24–26, 28, 35–36, 58–59
Storyville, New Orleans (Rose), 24
“Strange Fruit,” 1, 230, 341–42, 352
Stravinsky, Igor, 255
Strawberries Records, 345, 364, 368, 370
Strayhorn, Billy, 210, 298
Streckfus Steamboat Line, 59–60
Street that Never Slept, The (Shaw), 233–34
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 343
Stuppagghieri, 44–48
Subway Club, 68
Sunset Café (Chicago), 93, 94–98, 113, 122, 123, 127, 179, 185, 190, 281, 284
Sunset Café (Kansas City), 67, 68
Superman, 287–88
Sweet Smell of Success, The (movie), 270
swing music, 9, 77, 197, 199–200
Sydney, 59–60
Symes, John Foster, 213
syncopation, 3, 10, 23, 145
Tales of the Jazz Age (Fitzgerald), 65
Tammany Hall, 41–42, 63–64, 163–64, 168
Tampa, 202, 203
Tarantino, Jimmy, 273, 277
Tatum, Art, 231
Teachout, Terry, 382n, 406n
Teagarden, Jack, 78–79
Teamsters Central Pension Fund, 331
Terry, Clark, 208, 262
Thiele, Bob, 260–61
Thompson, William “Big Bill,” 120–21
3 Deuces, 241
“Tiger Rag,” 56
Tin Pan Alley, 156, 163
Tjader, Cal, 281, 355
Together for the First Time, 260–61
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, 7
Toots Shor’s, 277
“Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye),” 139
Torin, Sid “Symphony Sid,” 257–58
Torrio, Johnny, 70n, 99, 100–101, 200
Trafficante, Santo, Sr., 202, 203, 245, 250, 280, 285, 288, 291
Treniers, the, 218
Trinity Award, 354
Tristano, Lennie, 258
Tropicana Club, 250, 280, 281, 283, 285–86, 289–90
Truman, Harry S., 64–65
“trumpet style,” 122
Tryan Cigarette Services, 314
Turf Club, 161
Turner, Joseph “Big Joe,” 67–68, 77
Turner, Lana, 273
Tuskegee Institute, 2
Twenty-First Amendment, 182–83
25 Club, 54
26th of July movement, 289
typhoid fever, 26
Uncle Tom, 355
Union Station Massacre of 1933, 86–88
United Fruit Inc., 288–89
Urbie Green Big Band, 268–69
Valdés, Bebo, 286
Valdés, Chucho, 286
Vale, Jerry, 321
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 301
Van Meter, Jonathan, 305
Vastola, Corky, 364–68, 369
Vaughan, Sarah “Sassy,” 227, 258, 264, 290, 310–11, 313, 330, 347
Verdi, Giuseppe, 102
Vermilion Room, 201
Victor Talking Machine Company, 55–56, 82
Village Vanguard, 186, 315, 374–76
Volstead Act, 65–66, 114–15, 212, 219
voter fraud, 65
Waif’s Home for Boys, 13, 21, 22
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 203
Waldron, Malcolm “Mal,” 340
Walker, James “Jimmy,” 163–65, 167
Waller, Maurice, 154
Waller, Thomas “Fats,” 8, 129, 151–55, 189
Capone and Chicago, 103–4, 151
lack of financial compensation, 362
in New York, 148, 151–55
Wall Street Crash of 1929, 86, 142–43
Walters, Lou, 203
Washington, Booker, 82
Washington, Dinah, 264, 310, 311
