Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues

Contents

Contents Foreword by Tavis Smiley vii Foreword by Bill McFarlin ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part One 1. Pensacola Blues 3 2. Music Crazy 12 3. Boy Meets Band 20 4. “Ma” Rainey’s Deep South 32 Part Two 5. New York, New York 43 6. Hootie and the Bird 56 7. The Big, Big Bands 66 8. Call Me “Italy” 80 9. The End of an Era 89 Part Three 10. The Rhythm and Blues Scene 103 11. The Rise of Carnival Records 114 12. After the Manhattans 135 Epilogue: Long Good-byes 147 Discography 153 Index 156 Photos follow pages 88 and 134 ...