I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues
I Remember is a first-hand account of the world of black American music told by a man who has been part of that world for eighty years. Clyde E. B. Bernhardt worked with a number of bands, including King Oliver, Marion Hard, Cecil Scott, the Bascomb Brothers, and Joe Garland. He started his own band, the Blue Blazers, in 1946 and formed the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in 1972.

The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.

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I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues
I Remember is a first-hand account of the world of black American music told by a man who has been part of that world for eighty years. Clyde E. B. Bernhardt worked with a number of bands, including King Oliver, Marion Hard, Cecil Scott, the Bascomb Brothers, and Joe Garland. He started his own band, the Blue Blazers, in 1946 and formed the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in 1972.

The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.

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I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues

I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues

I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues

I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues

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Overview

I Remember is a first-hand account of the world of black American music told by a man who has been part of that world for eighty years. Clyde E. B. Bernhardt worked with a number of bands, including King Oliver, Marion Hard, Cecil Scott, the Bascomb Brothers, and Joe Garland. He started his own band, the Blue Blazers, in 1946 and formed the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in 1972.

The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812212235
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/1986
Pages: 292
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clyde E. B. Bernhardt is a jazz trombonist and blues singer. Sheldon Harris is a freelance jazz journalist and author.
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