Cafe Society: wrong place for the right people
by Josephson, Barney and Terry Trilling-Josephson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0252034317
- ISBN 13
- 9780252034312
- Seller
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pdx, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Great cover for a book on the music business and breaking the color line that kept white people and African Americans apart. Billie Holliday, Lena Horne, Alberta Walker have parts in this book. Holliday's song "Strange Fruit" first played at this club. Author claims Cafe Society was the first club to feature interracial bands. Lots of gossip and cameo word pictures of musicians of the time. Jazz in its element. The role of money in the entertainment business and how much bands were paid between 1930-1960. Book has been read. Text unmarked.but the spine is tight. No visible flaws. Index. Notes. Lots of illustrations of musicians,
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Details
- Bookseller
- acs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3427
- Title
- Cafe Society
- Author
- Josephson, Barney and Terry Trilling-Josephson
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0252034317
- ISBN 13
- 9780252034312
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana Il
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 376
- Size
- 6" x 9 1/4"
- Keywords
- music color line race blues holliday horne josephson red baitng scare new york cafe society uptown downtown jazz
- Bookseller catalogs
- music;
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pdx, Oregon
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sale of my collection of books from my 41 years in the book business.