High hat, trumpet, and ryhthm : the life and music of Valaida Snow

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Call Number
ML419.S664 M64 2007
Status
Available

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Summary

Singer, trumpeter and dancer. Child star, jazz pioneer and world traveller. Legend and myth. If Valaida Snowés life wasnét already sensational enough, she sensationalized it further, freely evading and embellishing the truth of her triumphs, trials and tribulations. But even after her life has been measured against the historical record, it remains a grand and compelling tale, and Valaida herself a grand and compelling figure.

Contents

Valaida the great: 1904-1920 -- Holiday in Dixieland: 1921-1922 -- "A young miss of much versatility": 1922-1926 -- "Boy, I never saw anything that great": 1926-1929 -- Rhapsody in black: 1930-1932 -- Maybe I'm to blame: 1933-1934 -- "Little Louis": 1934-1935 -- The mood that I'm in: 1936-1938 -- Swing low, sweet chariot ("Comin' for to carry me home"): 1938-1942 -- "With America, in America and for America": 1942-1946 -- "Take that bow! Take that bow!: 1946-1956.

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