Jazz in the Hill Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood.

The lively history of a cherished music scene and its ongoing social significance.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Harper, Colter
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2024.
Series:	American made music series.
Subjects:	Jazz > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History and criticism. Jazz > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century. African American jazz musicians > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social life and customs > 20th century. African American jazz musicians > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social conditions > 20th century. Nightclubs > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > History > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > Social life and customs > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > Race relations.

Table of Contents:

Cover
Advisory Board
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Jazz, Nightlife, and the Hill District
Part I. Dangerous Ground: Black and Tan Clubs, Vice, and Prohibition (1920-1934)
Chapter 1: Racial and Sexual Politics of Black and Tan Nightlife
Chapter 2: Claiming a Place for Jazz: The Collins and Paramount Inns
Part II. Pittsburgh's Renaissance and Jazz's Golden Age (1945-1968)
Chapter 3: Competing Visions of Modernity
Chapter 4: Life in the Jazz House: The Crawford Grill No. 2 and Hurricane Bar
Part III. The Paradox of Progress: Jazz as Black Musical Labor (1908-1977)
Chapter 5: Civil Rights and the Musicians Union
Chapter 6: Challenging Discrimination, Resisting Merger
Part IV. Jazz and the Community Archive (1968-2024)
Chapter 7: Hill Nightlife in the Wake of 1968
Chapter 8: The Community Archive in Practice
Epilogue: To Honor and Repair
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Index
About the Author

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