This is the story of a white boy who fell in love with black culture, learning the clarinet in the clubs frequented by Al Capone, accompanying Bessie Smith in her heyday - a white Jew exploring the world of jazz. It is a searching autobiography, written in the 1940s but with the…
Written in the 40's, this autobiography is a streetwise portrait of the world of jazz in the 30's and 40's. It shows life in the clubs, roadhouse dances and reefer culture in New Orleans, Chicago, and New York's Harlem. It is "the story of a white Jewish kid who fell in love wit…