Frontiers of Jazz

xiv, 178 pp. A collection of short pieces on jazz and notable jazz musicians by various authors, including: Preface by Milton Gabler; Editor's Introduction by Ralph de Toledano; The Case for Hot Jazz by Louis Harap; Harpsichords & Jazz Trumpets by Roger Pryor Dodge; The Blues by Abbe Niles; Notes on Boogie Woogie by William Russell; Directions of Jazz by Ralph de Toledano; King Oliver by Preston Jackson; The New Orleans Rhythm Kings by George Beall; Jazz Pre-History, and Bunk Johnson by Morroe Berger; I Discovered Jazz in 1902 by Jelly Roll Morton; Jelly Roll Morton on Records by Hughes Panassie; Bechet & Jazz Visit Europe, 1919 by Ernst-Alexandre Ansermet; The Wolverines and Bix by George Johnson; Duke Ellington by Wilder Hobson; Benny Goodman and the Swing Period by Frank Norris; Piano in the Band by Otis Ferguson; Grandfather of Hot Piano by Ross Russell; Index.