ALL of the essays are now included in this index—and I will add each new one when it’s published. I am indexing by the main subjects in the title of the essay. (But I’m not indexing every name that might be mentioned in the body of the essay.) When you click on each link below, it will take you to every essay on that topic, in reverse chronological order, latest one listed on top. If you find that one of my essays is not in the index, please let me know. THANK YOU!
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
Armstrong, Louis
Baker, Chet
Baraka, Amiri (LeRoi Jones)
Basie, Count
Beastie Boys
Bebop
Beiderbecke,Bix
Blakey, Art
Bley, Paul
Brubeck,Dave
Burns,Ken
Byas,Don
Clark, Sonny
Cole, Nat
Coleman, Ornette
Coltrane, John
Copyrights
Dance
Davis, Miles
Davis,Art
Delta Rhythm Boys
Dolphy, Eric
Dorham,Kenny
Douglass, Frederick
Drummers
Eckstine,Billy
Eldridge, Roy
Ellington, Duke
Evans, Bill
Farmer, Art
Fitzgerald, Ella
Garrison,Jimmy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gitler, Ira
Gordon, Dexter
Gryce, Gigi
Hale,Corky
Hampton, Lionel
Hancock, Herbie
Harris, Marion
Hasaan Ibn Ali
Hawkins, Coleman
Haynes,Roy
Henderson, Joe
Hill, Andrew
Hines,Earl
Hinton,Milt
Holiday, Billie
Hubbard, Freddie
Hughes,Langston
Interviews by Dahlgren
Jazz, The Word
Jefferson,Eddie
Johnson, James P.
Keppard,Freddie
King, Dr.
Konitz, Lee
Krupa, Gene
La Roca, Pete
Last Poets, The
Marsalis,Wynton
Marsh, Warne
Mingus, Charles
Monk, Thelonious
Montgomery, Wes
Morgan, Lee
Morgenstern, Dan
Morton, Jelly Roll
Murray, David
Navarro, Fats
Nicholas, Big Nick
Oliver, King Joe
Overview of Series
Page, Walter
Palmer,Bee
Parker, Charlie
Pleasure,King
Polls
Porter, Lew's Activities
Porter, Lew's Memories
Powell, Bud
Ra, Sun
Race and Racism
Raney, Jimmy
Reference Sources
Roach, Max
Rollins, Sonny
Ross, Annie
Sanders, Pharoah
Shearing, George
Shepp, Archie
Shorter, Wayne
Singing
South, Eddie
Strayhorn, Billy
Tatum, Art
Taylor, Cecil
Tristano, Lennie
Trumbauer, Frank
Vaughan, Sarah
Williams, Tony
X, Malcolm
Young, Lester