AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                  267 a-b

Milt Hinton

with Brian Torff

February 29, 1997

St. Albans, NY

                                                            Table of Contents

Side a:                                                                                                                        1-11

Recent health problems--Chicago, 1918--Early years in Mississippi--Hinton’s mother--Matriarchal nature of African-American culture--singing in church--Hinton’s grandmother--playing in Cab Calloway’s band in New York--Hinton’s father--moving to Chicago--strength of Hinton’s family--Nat King Cole--Louis Armstrong--Bill Hines, Bill Johnson--more on Armstrong--Duke Ellington--musicians’ unions in Chicago--King Oliver--Bill Johnson--introduction of the string bass to bands--racially integrated jam sessions in downtown Chicago after-hours--Benny Goodman--John Hammond.