Prologue "I Want To Tell America" |
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1 "I Just Couldn't Be Shackled" |
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21 | (15) |
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Becoming a Professional, 1917-1926 |
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36 | (19) |
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With Irving Mills, 1926-1927 |
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55 | (18) |
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4 "The Utmost Significance" |
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At the Cotton Club, 1927-1929 |
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73 | (22) |
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5 "I Better Scratch Out Something" |
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Becoming a Genius, 1929-1930 |
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95 | (22) |
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Becoming a Star, 1931-1933 |
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117 | (25) |
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7 "The Way The President Travels" |
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142 | (19) |
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Diminuendo in Blue, 1936-1939 |
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161 | (23) |
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9 "The Eyes In The Back Of My Head" |
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With (Billy Strayhorn, 1938-1939 |
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184 | (17) |
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10 "The Sea Of Expectancy" |
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The Blanton-Webster Band, 1939-1940 |
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201 | (19) |
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11 "A Message For The World" |
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220 | (15) |
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235 | (22) |
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13 "More A Business Than An Art" |
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Into the Wilderness, 1946-1955 |
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257 | (26) |
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Crescendo in Blue, 1955-1960 |
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283 | (26) |
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15 "Fate's Being Kind To Me" |
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309 | (26) |
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16 "That Big Yawning Void" |
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Alone in a Crowd, 1967-1974 |
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335 | (30) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (4) |
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Select Bibliography |
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369 | (14) |
Source Notes |
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383 | (82) |
Permissions |
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465 | (2) |
Index |
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467 | (16) |
About The Author |
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