Reminiscences of Milton Hinton : oral history, 1971.

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Reminiscences of Milton Hinton : oral history, 1971.

Family migration from Mississippi to Chicago; training as a violinist and bassist, interest in classical music; social conditions for black musicians in Chicago, 1920s and 1930s: segregation, black musicians' union, organized crime; emergence of new jazz style, late 1920s national tours with Cab Calloway; conditions in New York City and Chicago compared.

Transcript: 33 leaves.

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Hinton, Milt.

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Musician. From the description of Reminiscences of Milton Hinton : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158432 ...

Lax, John, -1978

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