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<!begin new recto!> Contents Acknowledgments 00 Introduction Playing Changes: Music, Movement, and the Performance of Power on "America's River Nile" 00 Chapter 1 "Masters of the River": Streckfus Steamers, Inc. and the "Swan Complex" 00 Chapter 2 Fate Marable, Musical Professionalism, and the Great Migration 000 Chapter 3 Groovin' on the River: Louis Armstrong and Riverboat Culture 000 Chapter 4 From Beale Street to Market Street: Music and Movement Through Memphis and St. Louis 000 Chapter 5 "Blue River": Bix Beiderbecke and Jess Stacy on the Mississippi 000 Chapter 6 Steamin' to the End of the Line: Jazz On, Along, and Beyond the Ohio River 000 Epilogue: The Decline and Fall of Excursion Boat Jazz in St. Louis 000 Appendix A: Excursion Boat Musicians 000 Appendix B: River Songs and Tunes 000 Notes 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Jazz -- History and criticism.
Rivers -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.