The Devil in Blues, Ragtime, and Jazz
by Garin G. Webb
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References
1 Kirk-Duggan, p. 28
2 Faulkner, pp. 16-34
3 Ernest Newman, London Sunday Times, as quoted in Time, 8:12 (Sept. 20, 1926), p. 19
4 Leo Oehmler, “Ragtime: A Pernicious Evil and Enemy of True Art” in The Musical Observer, as quoted in Leonard, pp. 105-106
5 Edward Baxter Perry in Jazz, Ken Burns, dir. vol.1, film, 2000
6 Ferris, p. 11
7 Michael Ventura, Hear That Long Snake Moan” in L. A. Weekly, as quoted in DeSalvo, p. 52
8 Loc. cit. Author’s quote.
9 Robert Johnson, “Cross Roads Blues,” Youtube
10 DeSalvo, 2006, Loc. cit.
11 Loc. cit.
12 Lomax, p. 15
13 John Szwed, as quoted in Ogren, p. 112
14 Loc. cit.
15 Branford Marsalis, in Ken Burns’ Jazz
16 Snooky Pryor, “I Started the Big Noise Around Chicago,” Living Blues 26 (5):11 Jim O’Neal, Steve Wisner, and David Nelson. As quoted by Gussow
17 Ibid.
18 W. C. Handy as quoted in Gussow.
19 Blesh and Janis, pp. 128-130
20 Letter to the editor, New York Herald, Paris edition (Paris, 1913)
21 Leo Oehmler, “Ragtime: A Pernicious Evil and Enemy of True Art,” as quoted in Leonard, pp. 105-106
22 “Canon Assails Our New Dances,” New York Times, Aug. 25, 1913, p. 3; “Canon Newboldt’s Warning,” editorial, New York Times, Aug. 26, 1913, p. 8, as quoted in Leonard
23 New York Times editorial, as quoted in Leonard pp. 110 & 111
24 Ibid. Leo Oehmler, p. 107
25 Gioia, p. 131
26 Canon Newboldt, as quoted in Leonard, pp. 110-111
27 Unnamed source, Literary Digest Sept 3, 1927, as quoted in Ogren, p. 145
28 Daniel Gregory Mason, “Stravinsky as a Symptom,” American Mercury, as quoted in Ogren, p. 155
29 Anderson, pp. 135-145
30 Faulkner, pp. 16-34
31 Loc. cit.
32 Mrs. Max Obendorfer, Ladies Home Journal, as quoted in Ogren, p. 156
33 Walter Kingsley, New York Sun, 1917, as quoted in Osgood.
34 Max Jones, as quoted in Cohen, p. 121
35 Plays and Pictures column, New Statesman July 22, 1933 as cited in Cohen, p. 117
36 Pearson’s Weekly, as quoted in Cohen, p. 121
37 Unidentified author; in Cohen, p. 128
38 Lloyd S. Thompson, “Ellington’s Band Scores Big Hit on Stage at Orpheum,” San Francisco Examiner, as quoted in Cohen, p. 128.
39 Ibid., p. 54
40 Ibid., Howard Johnson, p. 54
41 Ibid., Duke Ellington, p. 55
42 Frank Damrosch, Etude Magazine (August, 1924) as quoted in Walser, p. 44
43 Kirk-Duggan, p. 86
44 Loc. cit.
Copyright © 2013 by Garin G. Webb