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I Remember : Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues / Clyde E. B. Bernhardt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (292 p.) : 48 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812212235
  • 9781512801781
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 788/.2/0924 19
LOC classification:
  • ML419.B298 A3 1986
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. Troubled Times -- 3. The Influential Years, 1916-1923 -- 4. Bill Body and his Ellwood Syncopators, 1923-1924 -- 5. Tillie Vennie's Orchestra, 1925-1926 -- 6. Odie Cromwell's Wolverine Syncopators, 1926 -- 7. Charles C Greats Original Midnite Ramblers, 1927 -- 8. Henry P. McClane's Society Orchestra, 1928 -- 9. Herbert Cowens' Orchestra, 1928 -- 10. Richard Cheatham's Orchestra, 1928 -- 11. The Whitman Sisters' Show, 1928-1929 -- 12. Dinah and His Orchestra, 1929 -- 13. Honey Broum's Orchestra (Willie Wilkins'Band), 1929-1930 -- 14. Ray Parker's Orchestra, 1930-1931 -- 15. King Oliver's New Orleans Creole Jazz Band, 1931 -- 16. Marion Hardy and His Alabamians, 1931-1932 -- 17. Billy Fowler and His Society Orchestra, 1932-1933 -- 18. Ira Coffey and His Walkathonians, 1933-1934 -- 19. Vernon Andrade and His Society Orchestra, 1934-1937 -- 20. Edgar Hayes'Orchestra, 1937-1942 -- 21. Jay McShann's Kansas City Orchestra, 1942-1943 -- 22. Cecil X. Scotfs Orchestra, 1943-1944 -- 23. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1944 -- 24. Claude Hopkins' Orchestra, 1944 -- 25. The Bascomb Brothers' Orchestra, 1945 -- 26. The Blue Blazers, 1946-1948 -- 27. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1948-1951 -- 28. Joe Garland's Society Orchestra, 1952-1970 -- 29. Hayes Alvis and His Pioneers of Jazz, 1972 -- 30. The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, 1972-1979 -- 31. The Legends of Jazz, 1979-1986 -- Coda -- Discography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: I Remember is a first-hand account of the world of black American music told by a man who has been part of that world for eighty years. Clyde E. B. Bernhardt worked with a number of bands, including King Oliver, Marion Hard, Cecil Scott, the Bascomb Brothers, and Joe Garland. He started his own band, the Blue Blazers, in 1946 and formed the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in 1972.The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. Troubled Times -- 3. The Influential Years, 1916-1923 -- 4. Bill Body and his Ellwood Syncopators, 1923-1924 -- 5. Tillie Vennie's Orchestra, 1925-1926 -- 6. Odie Cromwell's Wolverine Syncopators, 1926 -- 7. Charles C Greats Original Midnite Ramblers, 1927 -- 8. Henry P. McClane's Society Orchestra, 1928 -- 9. Herbert Cowens' Orchestra, 1928 -- 10. Richard Cheatham's Orchestra, 1928 -- 11. The Whitman Sisters' Show, 1928-1929 -- 12. Dinah and His Orchestra, 1929 -- 13. Honey Broum's Orchestra (Willie Wilkins'Band), 1929-1930 -- 14. Ray Parker's Orchestra, 1930-1931 -- 15. King Oliver's New Orleans Creole Jazz Band, 1931 -- 16. Marion Hardy and His Alabamians, 1931-1932 -- 17. Billy Fowler and His Society Orchestra, 1932-1933 -- 18. Ira Coffey and His Walkathonians, 1933-1934 -- 19. Vernon Andrade and His Society Orchestra, 1934-1937 -- 20. Edgar Hayes'Orchestra, 1937-1942 -- 21. Jay McShann's Kansas City Orchestra, 1942-1943 -- 22. Cecil X. Scotfs Orchestra, 1943-1944 -- 23. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1944 -- 24. Claude Hopkins' Orchestra, 1944 -- 25. The Bascomb Brothers' Orchestra, 1945 -- 26. The Blue Blazers, 1946-1948 -- 27. Luis Russell's Orchestra, 1948-1951 -- 28. Joe Garland's Society Orchestra, 1952-1970 -- 29. Hayes Alvis and His Pioneers of Jazz, 1972 -- 30. The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, 1972-1979 -- 31. The Legends of Jazz, 1979-1986 -- Coda -- Discography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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I Remember is a first-hand account of the world of black American music told by a man who has been part of that world for eighty years. Clyde E. B. Bernhardt worked with a number of bands, including King Oliver, Marion Hard, Cecil Scott, the Bascomb Brothers, and Joe Garland. He started his own band, the Blue Blazers, in 1946 and formed the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in 1972.The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)