The Game Changer

by A. G. Lafley

  Courance, Edgar “Spider” (ts)

  Cowens, Herbert (ldr,d,v)

  Cox, Baby (v)

  Cox, Ida (v)

  Cox, Jimmy (comedian)

  Cracklin’ Bread

  lyrics for

  cracklin’ bread: recipe for

  Cranford, Mrs. (teacher)

  Crazy Blues

  Crazy ’bout the Boogie

  Cricket Club (organization)

  Crosby, Bing (v)

  Cromwell, Odie (ldr,as)

  Crowell, Charlie (Western Union agent)

  Cruzette, Bob (ldr)

  Crystal Caverns (Washington, D.C.)

  Cuffee, Ed (tb)

  Culliver, Freddie (ts)

  Daddy, Your Mama is Lonesome for You

  Daisy Mae

  Dandridge Sisters (v)

  Daniels, Billy (v)

  Daniels, Douglas (bj,g,v)

  Danny Boy

  Darktoum Strutter’s Ball

  Darling, Frank “Coco” (sb)

  Darnell, Bill (v)

  Davis, Bill (d)

  Davis, Leonard “Ham” (t)

  Davison, Wild Bill (t)

  Deamus, Allen (tb)

  Decca Record Company (N.Y.C.)

  Dee, Mary (d.j.)

  Deep River Boys (v)

  DeForest, Maude (v)

  De Hart, Hortense Barnhardt (sister)

  Dejan, Leo (ldr,t)

  DeLuxe Record Company (Linden, N.J.)

  Demeusy, Bertrand (writer)

  Dennis, Walter (as,cl)

  De Paris, Wilbur (tb)

  Deppe, Lois B. (ldr)

  Derby (record label)

  Derby Record Company (N.Y.C.)

  Deshler Hotel Society Orchestra

  Desmond, Doc (medical doctor)

  Dial, Harry (d)

  Diamond, Jack Legs (racketeer)

  Dickens, Doles (sb)

  Diga Diga Doo

  Diggs, Mae (v)

  Dinah and his Orchestra (George Taylor) (ldr,d)

  Diplomat Hotel (N.Y.C.)

  discrimination. See also Bernhardt, Clyde: and racial prejudice

  Dixieland Hall (Stuttgart, West Germany)

  Dixon, Vance (cl)

  Dominoes, The (v)

  Donegan, Dorothy (p)

  Don’t Leave Me Baby

  Dorham, Kenny (t)

  Dorsey, Jimmy (as)

  Dorsey, Mattie (v)

  Dorsey, Tommy (ldr,tb)

  Douglas, Bob (ballroom manager)

  Dowell, Edgar (ldr)

  Down Hearted Blues

  Down Home Blues

  dozens, the

  Drafting Blues

  Drakes, Jesse (t)

  Drayton, James (sb)

  Dreamland Dancehall/Ballroom (Columbus, Ohio)

  Dreiwitz, Barbara (tu)

  Drew, Alan (comedian)

  Drummond, John (sb,arr)

  Duff, Edmund (ts)

  Dunbar Theater (Philadelphia, Pa.)

  Duncan, Henry “Hank” (p)

  Dunn, Johnny (ldr,c). See also Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds

  Durden, James “Jim” (uncle)

  Durham, Eddie (tb,arr)

  Durrah, Mother. See White, Princess

  Dutrey, Honore (tb)

  Eady, Buster (d)

  Eady, Dorothy (p)

  Eady, Geneva (p)

  Eady, John (uncle)

  Eady, Johnny

  Eady, Laura (aunt)

  Eady, Linwood (vio)

  Eady, William “Bill” (ldr,bj,v)

  Easley, Paul (bj)

  Eaton, Clara (v)

  “Ebony Nights” (show)

  Eckstine, Billy (v)

  Edgar Hayes Orchestra: program used by

  Edgar Steps Out

  81 Theater (Atlanta, Ga.)

  “Eliot Ness” (TV show)

  Elkins, Herman “Red” (ldr,t)

  Elk’s Rendezvous (N.Y.C.)

  Ellington, Edward K. “Duke” (ldr,p)

  Ellington, Ruth (Joyce Tucker) (v)

  Ellis, Bernice (v)

  Ellwood City High School (Ellwood City, Pa.)

  Ellwood Syncopators

  Elmore Theater (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

  Emelin Theater (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)

  Enois, Leonard (el-g)

  Ethridge, Frank (p)

  Evans, Herschel (as)

  Evans, Jimmy (p)

  Evans, Joe (as)

  Evergreen, John (landlord)

  Every Woman’s Blues

  Fabian, Andy (contractor)

  Fagan, Earl (M.C.)

  Fairfax, Frank (t,tu)

  Famous Door (N.Y.C.)

  Fatman’s Club (N.Y.C.)

  Fawn Barn Club (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

  FBI, The

  Feather, Leonard (ldr,p,composer)

  Feist & Feist (music publisher) (N.Y.C.)

  Fenton, Nick (sb)

  Fisher, Joe (d)

  fish fries

  Fitzgerald, Ella (v)

  Fitzhugh, ________ (v)

  Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

  5-10-15 Hours

  Flat Foot Floogie

  Flemming, Herbert “Herb” (tb)

  Flintall, Herman (ldr)

  Flood, Bernard (t,v)

  Florida Blossoms Minstrels

  Forbes, Bertha (v)

  For Dancers Only

  Ford’s Theater (Washington, D.C.)

  ’Fore Day Rider

  Forrest, Jimmy (ts)

  Fortune, Myrtle (dancer)

  Fountainhead Inn (New Rochelle, N.Y.)

  400 W. 150 (record label)

  Fowler, Billy (ldr,as,cl)

  Frankie and Johnny

  Franklin, Katie (dancer)

  Fraser, Joe (juggler)

  Frederick Brothers Booking Agency

  “Frog” (tb)

  Frog Hop, The (St. Joseph, Mo.)

  Frye, Carl (as)

  Frye, Ethel (dancer)

  Frye, Leslie (t)

  Frye, Theodore (politician)

  Fulton Recording Studio (N.Y.C.)

  Functionizin’

  Gabler, Milt (record producer)

  Gale, Moe (ballroom owner)

  Gale, Tim (ballroom owner)

  Gale Booking Office (N.Y.C.)

  Gale Jr., Moe (ballroom owner)

  Garbo, Greta (actress)

  Garfield Hall (Columbus, Ohio)

  Garland, Joe (ldr,ts,arr)

  Garland, Moses (ldr,t)

  Gate You Swing Me Down

  Gee, Jack

  Gene & Eunice (v)

  Gent Festival (Belgium)

  “Georgia Smart Set, The” (show)

  Germer, Meredith (teacher)

  Get Over Sal, Don’t You Linger. See Walkin’ the Dog

  Gibbs, Eddie (g)

  Gibbs, Frank (club manager)

  Gibbs, Freddie (p)

  Gibson, Baby Corrine (v)

  Gibson Family show

  Gillespie, Dizzy (t)

  Gillum, Russell (t)

  Glaser, Joe (talent manager)

  Glen Island Casino (New Rochelle, N.Y.)

  Globe Theater (Cleveland, Ohio)

  Globetrotters, The (basketball team)

  Golden Gate Ballroom (N.Y.C.)

  Good, Billy (as,sax)

  Good, Jimmy (t)

  Goodman, Benny (ldr,cl)

  Goodwin, Henry (t)

  Good Woman Blues

  Grand Hotel (Stockholm, Sweden)

  Grand Theater (Columbus, Ohio)

  Grant, Coot (v)

  Grant, Sterling (v)

  Gray, Puny (as)

  Graystone Ballroom (Detroit, Mich.)

  Grear, Charles C. “Charlie” (ldr,as)

  Green, “Big” Charlie (tb)

  Green, Dick (t)

  Green, Lil (v)

  Green, Norman (tb)

  Greene, Claude (sax)

  Greene, Madeline (v)

  “Green Pastures, The” (show)

  Greymore Hotel (Portland, Me.)

 
; Grider, Thomas “Sleepy” (t)

  Griffiths, David (writer)

  Grimes, Clarence (as)

  Grunden, Doctor (store owner)

  Grupp, Manuel (teacher)

  Gustavus, King

  Hall, Edmond (cl)

  Hall, Herb (cl)

  Hall, Jerry “Jarahal” (female impersonator)

  Hall, René (tb)

  Hall, Skippa (p,arr)

  Hallelujah (film)

  Hamilton, Johnny “Bugs” (ts)

  Hammond, John (record producer)

  Handy, Elizabeth (v)

  Handy, W. C. (ldr,composer)

  Hannah Shaver Place, The (Gold Hill, N.C.)

  Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

  Happy Hour Nightclub (Minneapolis, Minn.)

  Hardaway Levee Camp (Palmerville, N.C.)

  Hard-To-Get Gertie

  Hardy, Marion (ldr,as). See also Alabamians, The

  Harewood, James “Rip” (d)

  Harkless, Charles (tu)

  Harlem (N.Y.C.)

  impressions of

  Harlem Blues and Jazz Band

  “Harlem Frolics” (show)

  Harlem Living Room Suite

  Harlem Opera House (N.Y.C.)

  Harlem Syncopators, The. See also Oliver, King

  Harley, Chalmers (t)

  Harley, Robert (p)

  Harod, Madam Daisy (spiritualist)

  Harris, Aaron (teacher)

  Harris, Leroy (as)

  Harris, Sheldon (writer)

  Harris, Vivian (comedian)

  Harris, Wynonie (v)

  Harrison, Jimmy (tb)

  Harrison, Lawrence (ldr)

  Harrison, Richard B. (actor)

  Hart, Johnny (booking agent)

  Hartzfield, Johnny (ts)

  Have Mercy Baby

  Hawkins, Coleman (ts)

  Hawkins, Erskine (ldr)

  Hayes, Edgar (ldr,p)

  impressions by CB of

  Hayman, Joe (as)

  Haynes, Roy (d)

  Hayton, Lennie (ldr,p)

  Hegamin, Lucille (v)

  Hemphill, Scad (t)

  Henderson, Fletcher (ldr,p)

  Henderson, Horace (ldr,p,arr)

  Henry, Eric (d)

  Hernandez, Juano (actor)

  Hesitating Blues, The

  Hey Miss Bertha

  Heywood, Donald (show producer)

  Hibbler, Al (v)

  Hicks, Edna (v)

  Hicks, Henry “Red” (tb)

  Higginbotham, J. C. (tb)

  Hill, Alex (ldr,p)

  Hill, Teddy (ldr)

  Hillard, Walter (song writer)

  Hillman, Chris (dancer)

  Hillman, George (dancer)

  Hillman Brothers, The (dancers)

  Hines, Baby (v)

  Hines, Earl (ldr,p)

  Hip, Hip Horray

  Hodes, Art (p)

  Holiday, Billie (v)

  Holiday, Clarence (g)

  Holiday Inn (Meriden, Conn.)

  Hollywood Sepians. See also Hill, Alex

  Holmes, Bob (as)

  Holmes, Charlie (as)

  Honeysuckle Rose

  Hooper, Lou (ldr)

  Hope, Boots (comedian)

  Hopkins, Claude (ldr,p)

  Horne, Lena (v,dancer)

  Horton, Redius “R.H.” “Robert”

  Hotel Biltmore (N.Y.C.)

  Hotel New Yorker (N.Y.C.)

  Hotel Pennsylvania (N.Y.C.)

  Hotel St. George (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

  “Hot Mikado” (show)

  Hot Seven. See Armstrong, Louis

  Howard, Darnell (cl,as)

  Howard, Earle “Nappy” (ldr)

  Howard, Garland (show producer)

  Howard, Joe (club owner)

  Howard, Mel (show booker)

  Howard Theater (Washington, D.C.)

  Howell, Earlene “Tater Mae” (v)

  Hubert, _____(v)

  Hudgins, Johnny (comedian)

  Hudson, Will (arr)

  Hughes, Irving (ldr)

  Humes, Helen (v)

  Hunt, George “Rabbit” (tb)

  Hurricane, The (N.Y.C.)

  Hyder, George “Doc” (ldr)

  I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

  I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire

  If It’s Any News to You

  I’m Alabama Bound

  I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby

  I’m Henpecked

  I Need Your Kind of Loving

  Ink Spots, The (v)

  International Ballet and Festival Corporation (N.Y.C.)

  In the Mood

  Ise A-Muggin’

  It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’

  It Had To Be You

  It’s Right Here for You, If You Don’t Get It, ’Tain’t No Fault of Mine

  Ivancock Boys Place (Harrisburg, Pa.)

  Ivey, Wallace

  Jackson, Andy (g)

  Jackson, Benjamin “Bull Moose” (v)

  Jackson, Cliff (p)

  Jackson, Dewey (ldr)

  Jackson, Franz (ldr,arr)

  Jackson, Jim (sb,tu)

  Jackson, John (as)

  Jackson, Johnny (ldr,as)

  Jackson, “Slim” Johnny (ts,bs)

  Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing Jing Jing

  Jamerson, Elliot (club owner)

  James, David “Jelly” (tb)

  James, Elmer (sb)

  James, George (as)

  Jazz Hounds. See Smith, Mamie

  Jazz Journal (magazine)

  Jefferson, Hilton (cl,as)

  Jeter, Jimmy (ldr)

  Jeter-Pillars Band

  “Jimmy Cooper’s Revue” (show)

  Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds. See also Dunn, Johnny

  John Philip Sousa’s Brass Band. See also Sousa, John Philip

  Johns, Irving (p)

  Johnson, Charlie (ldr)

  Johnson, Gus (d)

  Johnson, Herbert (ts)

  Johnson Hotel (Fort Worth, Tex.)

  Johnson, Howard “Swan” (arr)

  Johnson, James P. (p)

  Johnson, Myra (v)

  Johnson, Pete (p)

  Johnson, Roy (bus driver)

  Johnson, Shorty (d)

  Johnson, William Coleman. See Coleman, Bill

  Johnson, Winnie (dancer)

  John Sparks Circus

  Jones, Albert (music teacher)

  Jones, Claude (tb)

  Jones, Dill (p)

  Jones, Etta (v)

  Jones, Isham (ldr)

  Jones, James (ldr)

  Jones, Slick (d)

  Jordan, Fonley (tb)

  Jordan, Ida (v)

  Jordan, Louis (ldr,as)

  Julian, Hubert (aviator)

  Julian, Leo (p)

  Kansas City Buddies

  Kaufman, C. W. (employer)

  “Keg-o’-Nails” (policeman)

  Keppard, Freddie (c)

  Keystone College (La Plume, Pa.)

  “Kid Heavy” (levee camp manager)

  King Record Company (N.Y.C.)

  Kinney Club (Newark, N.J.)

  Kirk, Andy (ldr)

  Kirk, Wilbert (d)

  Kirkeby, Ed (talent manager)

  Kluttz, Carrie Peck

  Kluttz, Rufus G. (benefactor)

  Knight, Earl (p)

  Ko Ko Mo

  Koppin Theater (Detroit, Mich.)

  Kukla, Barbara (writer)

  Ku Klux Klan (organization)

  Lackawanna

  Laayette Theater (N.Y.C.)

  Lafayette Theater (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

  Lakeworth Casino (Fort Worth, Tex.)

  Lamb, Charles (as)

  LaRue, Jack (bouncer)

  Laughing at Life

  Laurie, Annie (girl friend)

  Lawdy Miss Clawdy

  Lay Your Body Down. See Lay Your Habits Down

  Lay Your Habits Down (Lay Your Body Down)

  Lazy River

  Lee, George E. (ld
r)

  Lee, Mabel (v,dancer)

  Lee, Sammy (cl,ts)

  Leftwick, Geraldine (cousin)

  Legends of Jazz, The. See also Martyn, Barry

  Leibowitz, Joe (record producer)

  Letman, John (t)

  Let’s Have a Ball This Morning

  Lewis, Bill (t)

  Lewis, Lockwood (ldr)

  Lewis, Walter (p,v)

  Lewis Music Publishing Company (N.Y.C.)

  Lincoln, Abe (tb)

  Lincoln, Abraham (president)

  Lincoln Center (N.Y.C.)

  Lincoln Theater (N.Y.C.)

  Lincoln Theater (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

  Lincoln Theater (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

  Lindsay, Tommy (ldr)

  liquor and drugs, use of

  “Little Jeff” (t)

  Longshaw, Fred (ldr,p)

  Lost Weekend Blues

  Louis, Joe (boxer)

  “Lucky Strike Cigarette Show” (radio program)

  Lunceford, Jimmie (ldr,as)

  Lunceford and Oxley Booking Bureau (N.Y.C.)

  Lyceum Theater (Columbus, Ohio)

  M. E. Methodist Church (Gold Hill, N.C.)

  Mabley, Jackie “Moms” (comedian)

  McCain, Bo (bs)

  McClane, Freddy (bj)

  McClane, Henry P. (ldr,vio)

  McClane, Lorraine (v,dancer)

  McClane, Minnie

  McClung, Gus (t)

  McCord, Castor (ts)

  McCord, Joe (as)

  McFadden, Isaac (g)

  McFerran, Hoagy (as)

  McKinley Theater (Bronx, N.Y.)

  McKinney, Bill (ldr,vio)

  McKinney, Nina Mae (dancer)

  McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. See also Synco Septet

  McPhater, Clyde (v)

  McRae, Dave (bs)

  McShann, Jay (ldr,p)

  style of jazz played by

  Majestic Theater (Harrisburg, Pa.)

  Major, Addington (c)

  Major’s Band Box (N.Y.C.)

  Mamaroneck High School (Larchmont, N.Y.)

  Manone, Wingy (t,v)

  Marauders, The

  Markham, Dewey “Pigmeat” (comedian)

  and the judge skit

  Marrero, John (bj)

  Marrero, Simon (sb)

  Marshall, Budd (store owner)

  Martin, Enoc (v)

  Martin, Sara(v)

  Marshall, Kaiser (ldr)

  Martyn, Barry (ldr,d). See also Legends of Jazz

  Mason, __________ (t)

  Mason, Norman (as)

  Masonic Temple (Newark, N.J.)

  Massey, Sylvester (promoter)

  Matchbox (record label)

  Matchbox Record Company (London, England)

  Mauney, Arthur (uncle)

  Mauney, Cad (grandfather)

  Mauney, Elizabeth (mother)

  birth of

  death of

  marriage of

  relationship of CB with

  Mauney, Emma (aunt)

  Mauney, Fred (uncle)

  Mauney, Heddie (grandmother)

  Mauney, Jonse (uncle)

  Mauney, Vol (slave owner)

  Mayes, Jack (p)

  medicine shows

  Meet the Band

  Memphis Blues

  Memphis Five

  Merrill, Bob (ldr,t,v)

  Metcalf, Louis (c,t)

  Michall, Ernest (cl)

  Middleton, Velma (v,dancer)