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- catalog abstract ""Christopher Wilkinson uncovers a fascinating and unexplored side of American musical and social history in this richly detailed account of Don Albert's musical career and the multicultural forces that influenced it. Albert was born Albert Dominque in New Orleans in 1908. Wilkinson discusses his musical education in the Creole community of New Orleans and the fusion of New Orleans jazz and the Texas blues styles in the later 1920s during his tenure with Troy Floyd's Orchestra of Gold. He documents the founding of Albert's own band in San Antonio, its tours through twenty-four states during the 1930s, its recordings, and its significant reputation within the African American community. In addition to providing a vivid account of life on the road and imparting new insight into the daily existence of working musicians, this book illustrates how the fundamental issue of race influenced Albert's life, as well as the music of the era." "Albert's years as a San Antonio nightclub owner in the 1940s and 1950s saw the rise in popularity of rhythm and blues and the decline of interest in jazz. There was also increasing racial animosity, which Albert resisted by the successful legal defense of his right to operate an integrated establishment in 1951. In the two decades before his death in 1980, his performances in Dixieland jazz bands and interviews with oral historians concerning his own career were the fitting climax to a multifaceted musical life. Albert's voice and personality, his feelings and opinions about the music he loved, and the obstacles he faced in performing and promoting it, are artfully conveyed in Wilkinson's fluid, accessible, and erudite narrative. Jazz on the Road shows the importance of live performance in bringing jazz to America, and succeeds in depicting an era, a locale, and a way of life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11900696.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Albert's years as a San Antonio nightclub owner in the 1940s and 1950s saw the rise in popularity of rhythm and blues and the decline of interest in jazz. There was also increasing racial animosity, which Albert resisted by the successful legal defense of his right to operate an integrated establishment in 1951. In the two decades before his death in 1980, his performances in Dixieland jazz bands and interviews with oral historians concerning his own career were the fitting climax to a multifaceted musical life. Albert's voice and personality, his feelings and opinions about the music he loved, and the obstacles he faced in performing and promoting it, are artfully conveyed in Wilkinson's fluid, accessible, and erudite narrative.".
- catalog description ""Christopher Wilkinson uncovers a fascinating and unexplored side of American musical and social history in this richly detailed account of Don Albert's musical career and the multicultural forces that influenced it. Albert was born Albert Dominque in New Orleans in 1908. Wilkinson discusses his musical education in the Creole community of New Orleans and the fusion of New Orleans jazz and the Texas blues styles in the later 1920s during his tenure with Troy Floyd's Orchestra of Gold. He documents the founding of Albert's own band in San Antonio, its tours through twenty-four states during the 1930s, its recordings, and its significant reputation within the African American community.".
- catalog description "1. A musical education in Creole New Orleans -- 2. West to Texas, the southwest frontier of jazz : 1926-29 -- 3. Recording for Okeh and Brunswick : 1928-29 -- 4. Don Albert, southwest territory bandleader : 1929-33 -- 5. Expanding the territory : 1933-34 -- 6. To New York City and back : 1935-36 -- 7. "America's greatest swing band" records for Vocalion : 1936 -- 8. A national band from the southwest : 1937-39 -- 9. The band's final year : 1940 -- 10. From bandleader to businessman : 1940-48 -- 11. The second keyhole, and a fight for social justice : 1949-60 -- 12. Closing the circle : 1960-80.".
- catalog description "In addition to providing a vivid account of life on the road and imparting new insight into the daily existence of working musicians, this book illustrates how the fundamental issue of race influenced Albert's life, as well as the music of the era."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-279) and index.".
- catalog description "Jazz on the Road shows the importance of live performance in bringing jazz to America, and succeeds in depicting an era, a locale, and a way of life."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 290 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520225406 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press ; [Chicago] : Center for Black Music Research Columbia College, Chicago,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Albert, Don, 1908-1980.".
- catalog subject "Conductors (Music) United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Jazz musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML422.A35 W55 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A musical education in Creole New Orleans -- 2. West to Texas, the southwest frontier of jazz : 1926-29 -- 3. Recording for Okeh and Brunswick : 1928-29 -- 4. Don Albert, southwest territory bandleader : 1929-33 -- 5. Expanding the territory : 1933-34 -- 6. To New York City and back : 1935-36 -- 7. "America's greatest swing band" records for Vocalion : 1936 -- 8. A national band from the southwest : 1937-39 -- 9. The band's final year : 1940 -- 10. From bandleader to businessman : 1940-48 -- 11. The second keyhole, and a fight for social justice : 1949-60 -- 12. Closing the circle : 1960-80.".
- catalog title "Jazz on the road : Don Albert's musical life / Christopher Wilkinson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".