Table of Contents

The Road; ACT ONE; Rollin; Washington; Categories; Music; Dramatis Felidae:; Mercer Ellington; Ruth Dorothea Ellington; Sidney Bechet; Fletcher Henderson; Otto Hardwick; Sonny Greer; Elmer Snowden; Arthur Whetsol; Juan Tizol; Jerry Rhea; ACT TWO; Night Life; New York City; The Big Apple; Dramatis Felidae:; Willie The Lion Smith; Mexico; James P. Johnson; Don Redman; Will Marion Cook; Will Vodery; Charles Shribman; Chick Webb; Count Basie; Lonnie Johnson; Maceo Pinkard; Paul Whiteman; Luckeyeth Roberts; George Gershwin; Bubber Miley; Joe Tricky Sam Nanton; Freddy Guy; Harry Carney; Barney Bigard and Wellman Braud; Johnny Hodges; Cootie Williams; Freddy Jenkins; Lawrence Brown; Ivie Stewart; Rex Stewart; Richard Bowden Jones; ACT THREE; The City of Jazz; Chicago; Toronto; London; Paris; ACT FOUR; Formative Years Adjusted; Dramatis Felidae:; Billy Strayhorn; Ray Nance; Ben Webster; Jimmy Blanton; Herb Jeffries; Lena Horne; Mary Lou Williams; Art Tatum; Charlie Barnet; Mrs. Fitzpatrick White; ACT FIVE; Jump for Joy Extension; Doctors and Surgeons; I Miss; What Is Music?; I Really Never Miss; Dramatis Felidae:; Cat Anderson; Joya Sherrill; Kay Davis; Marie Ellington; Jimmy Hamilton; Paul Go.