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The story of Milton Mezzrow—a white kid who fell in love with black culture. First published in 1946, Really the Blues was a rousing wake-up call to alienated young whites to explore the world of jazz, the first music America could call its own. Told in the jive lingo of the underground's inner circle, this classic is an unforgettable chronicle of street life, smoky clubs, and roadhouse dances.
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Really The Blues
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U.K / Flamingo - Harper Collins, 1993
ISBN 10: 0006546919
ISBN 13: 9780006546917
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is the life story of the jazz clarinetist Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, written by Mezzrow himself with the help of Bernard Wolfe. Born of a lower-middle class Jewish family in South Side Chicago, Mezzrow grew up in the pool rooms, roadhouses, and brothels where jazz was incubated in the 20's. He worked around the Capone gang, from time to time took on their vices, did stretches in Illinois jails, and crucial for him met Negro musicians who taught him jazz. Jazz became Mezzrow's social out. He rejected his Jewishness and became a professional Negro. He embraced the whole black-white schism, finally went to live and marry in Harlem. To him, jazz is the irrational attribute of a race Negroes can play it, whites cannot. /// This is the 1st edition paperback in good condition-the edges of the cover are a little rubbed. (404 pages & 8 pages of introduction). Originally published in 1946 in the U.S.A. Seller Inventory # 11365
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Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0006546919