Hot Jazz: From Harlem to Storyville - Studies in Jazz

An important and oft-overlooked musician is the side-man in big bands of the 1930s and early 40s. David Griffiths has attempted to correct this oversight, by writing an interviewing many of the musicians of the age, including Lester Boone, Cliff Olson, Curtis Jones, Blanche Finlay, and Bill Dillard - in all, more than thirty musicians.