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CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii 1. Kansas City Childhood (1909–1927) 1 2. From Piano to Saxophone (1927–1931) 11 3. From Kansas City to New York (1931–1934) 18 4. From Smack to Duke (1934–1940) 30 5. Golden Years with Ellington (1940–1943) 57 6. From Fifty-second Street to Kansas City (1943–1949) 100 7. From Kansas City to Monterey (1949–1959) 134 8. Last Years in the United States (1959–1964) 179 9. First Years in Europe (1964–1966) 213 10. The Dutch Years (1966–1969) 237 11. The Last Busy Years in Denmark (1969–1973) 268 Appendix: Ben Webster on CD, DVD, and VHS 323 Notes 327 Index 347 Illustrations following page 178 ...

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