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The Jazz Singer 6
by Nesuhi Ertegun 9
Blind Lemon Jefferson 9
by Paul Oliver
Conversation with James P. Johnson, part III 13
by Tom Davin
Britain's Skiffle Intelligensia 16
by Gabriel Gersh
The Blues 18
REVIEWS: RECORDINGS
GERRY MULLIGAN by Chuck Israels 19
PEPPER ADAMS by Bill Crow 20
GENE AMMONS by Bill Crow 21
CHET BAKER 21
LIL ARMSTRONG by Mimi Clar 22
BUSTER BAILEY by Martin Williams 22
BUDD JOHNSON
by Frank Driggs and by Martin Williams 23
BLUE MITCHELL by Bill Crow 24
JELLY ROLL MORTON by Guy Waterman 24
SONNY ROLLINS by Chuck Israels 25
SONNY STITT by Martin Williams 26
BASIE REUNION by Bill Crow 26
THE GOSPEL CLEFS by Mimi Clar 27
THE ROBERTA MARTIN SINGERS by Mimi Clar 27
RECONSIDERATIONS:
YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG by Maitland Edey 28
REVIEWS: BOOKS
JAZZMEN by Sheldon Meyer 30
MUSIC '59 by Bill Crow 32
JAZZ IN PRINT by Nat HentofF 34
NEWS AND VIEWS:
KNOB: jazz twenty-four hours a day 37
by Mimi Clar
The Half Note 39
by Ralph Berton
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