Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Jacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows 
I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930
Michael B. Bakan 
2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945
Ralph Eastman 
3· Oakland Blues
Part 1. Essay
Lee Hildebrand 
Part 2. A Conversation with Bob Geddins
James C. Moore Sr. 
4· The California Black Gospel Music Tradition:
A Confluence of Musical Styles and Cultures
Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
II MUSIC AND THE MEDIA
5· Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black Radio
Kwaku Person-Lynn 
Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell 
Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson 
6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of Styles
Willie R. Collins 
7· Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and Criticism
Eddie S. Meadows 
III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR
8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz Musician
Danica L. Stein 
9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black Angeleno
Jean Kzdula 
10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to Motown
Kimasi L. Browne 
APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA
David Martinelli 
PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS 
PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS 
CONTRIBUTORS 
INDEX 

About the Author

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on African and African American music and is editor of volumes 1 and 2 of African Musicology: Current Trends (1989, 1992). Eddie S. Meadows is Professor of Music at San Diego State University and the author of several jazz reference books, including Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (1995).

Reviews

"Many clear voices, speaking with many accents but motivated by both knowledge and love, fill in a fascinating--if hitherto little-known--chapter from history. They speak (and sometimes almost sing) the story of California's unique involvement with black music, and these many pages come alive with the stories they tell."--Alan Rich, author and music critic, "LA Weekly