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Jazz
on the Barbary Coast
Tom Stoddard, Introduction
Douglas Daniels
San
Francisco’s infamous Barbary Coast was one of the country’s
thriving centers of jazz in the early 1900s. Jazz on the Barbary
Coast captures the incredible energy of the black jazz scene
of this era through the firsthand accounts of the men who
were at the heart of it. Musicians such as Sid LeProtti, Reb
Spikes, Wesley Fields, Alfred Levy, and Charlie "Duke"
Turner recreate the hot spots, dances, rivalries, and lawlessness
that characterized the San Francisco jazz scene and inspired
jazz musicians for generations to come.
About
the Author
Tom Stoddard began interviewing jazz pioneers and collecting
jazz photos in the 1950s and has written numerous articles
on the history of jazz. His book, Pops Foster – The Autobiography
of a New Orleans Jazzman, won the 1972 ASCAP award. A former
government official and vice president of Wells Fargo Bank,
he is also the author of many articles on still and mechanical
coin banks.
California
Historical Society, Heyday Books, San Francisco Traditional
Jazz Foundation. 1998. |
