One O'clock Jump Paperback by Douglas Henry Daniels

Product Details

• Publisher: Beacon Press (2007-02-15)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 288 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780807071373
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.27 x 1.63 cm

The Blue Devils have received very little attention from jazz historians, though the band members and the writer Ralph Ellison (who sometimes sat in with them) spoke with conviction about their sterling musicianship and their legendary ability to defeat all competitors in battles of the bands. Chronicling the ten years the band was officially together, Douglas Daniels delves into the potent social and cultural history of the 1920s and the Depression to show the era's influence on the group's founding as well as on the players' careers.

About the Author

Douglas Henry Daniels is a professor of black studies and history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of Lester Leaps In and Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco. He lives in Santa Barbara.