03244nam 2200673Ia 450 991096210780332120250604114557.01-283-25102-797866132510220-252-09113-2(CKB)2670000000240963(EBL)3414086(SSID)ssj0000543718(PQKBManifestationID)11322936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543718(PQKBWorkID)10531591(PQKB)10428473(MiAaPQ)EBC3414086(OCoLC)811410302(MdBmJHUP)muse23802(Au-PeEL)EBL3414086(CaPaEBR)ebr10593758(CaONFJC)MIL325102(OCoLC)923495567(BIP)46101605(BIP)32472137(EXLCZ)99267000000024096320070720d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFollow your heart moving with the giants of jazz, swing, and rhythm and blues /Joe Evans ; with Christopher Brooks ; forewords by Tavis Smiley and Bill McFarlin1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20081 online resource (201 pages)African American music in global perspectiveIncludes discography (p. 153-[155]) and index.0-252-07815-2 0-252-03303-5 Pensacola blues -- Music crazy -- Boy meets band -- Ma Rainey's deep South -- New York, New York -- Hootie and the Bird -- The big, big bands -- Call me "Italy" -- The end of an era -- The rhythm and blues scene -- The rise of Carnival Records -- After the Manhattans.Detailing the career of Joe Evans, Follow Your Heart chronicles the career of Joe Evans, an alto saxophonist who between 1939 and 1965 performed with some of America's greatest musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, Billie Holiday, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Lionel Hampton, and Ivory Joe Hunter. Evans warmly recounts his wide range of experience in the music industry and comments on popular New York City venues used for shaping and producing black music, such as the Apollo Theater, the Savoy, Minton's Playhouse, and the Rhythm Club. Revealing Evans as a master storyteller, Follow Your Heart describes his stints as a music executive, entrepreneur, and musician. Evans offers invaluable insight into race relations within the industry and the development of African American music and society from the 1920s to 1970s.African American music in global perspective.Jazz musiciansUnited StatesBiographyRhythm and blues musiciansUnited StatesBiographyJazz musiciansRhythm and blues musicians781.65092BEvans Joe1916-1821152Brooks Christopher Antonio1957-1633458MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962107803321Follow your heart4384773UNINA