The Life and Music of Graham Jackson /

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"A groundbreaking Black artist and his career in the Jim Crow South. This book is the first biography of Graham Jackson (1903-1983), a virtuosic musician whose life story displays the complexities of being a Black professional in the segregated South. David Cason discusses how Jackson navigated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cason, David M., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jackson, Graham Washington, > 1903-1983.
Jazz musicians.
African American musicians.
Accordionists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music.
MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician.
African American musicians > Southern States > Biography.
African American musicians > Georgia > Biography.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Accordionists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Southern States.
Georgia.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "We didn't have a dime . . ."
  • Atlanta: "This must be the promised land!"
  • "The ebony echo of Cab Calloway"
  • "Gone Mad with the wind"
  • "A good Chief Petty Officer"
  • "A Negro musician of fine character with an excellent war record"
  • "The familiar strains of Dixie, played by Graham Jackson"
  • "He is an honorable man; isn't that enough?"
  • Epilogue.

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