The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

• Table of ContentsPreface: The Most Righteous Cat      Introduction: You’ve Got to Dig Pops      1 Big Easy to Big Apple      2 Jim Crow and the Jazz Man      3 Silver-Screen Swing      4 To Hell with That      5 Take Me Along, Daddy      6 Wild Man and Duke      7 Richer Than Rockefeller      8 Dead Man Blues      Appendix A: Swingin’ Satchmo Sides      Appendix B: Satchmo in Hollywood      Appendix C: A Glossary of Satchmo-speak      Notes      Bibliography      Index

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