- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1. Big Dreams -
2. First Instruments -
3. Kicked Out -
4. The Vashon High Swingsters -
5. First Road Gig -
6. Nigga -
7. Ida Cox -
8. Stranded -
9. Lincoln Inn -
10. On the Road Again -
11. Tennis Shoe Pimp -
12. Jailed -
13. Len Bowden -
14. Navy Days -
15. Gray Clouds -
16. The Big Apple -
17. George Hudson -
18. The Club Plantation -
19. Galloping Dominoes -
20. Tempting Offers -
21. Lionel Hampton -
22. Road Lessons -
23. Pauline -
24. Charlie Barnet -
25. Count Basie -
26. Big Debt -
27. Duke Ellington -
28. Leaving Basie -
29. The University of Ellingtonia -
30. Working with Duke -
31. Duke's Team -
32. Duke's Management Arts -
33. Miles and Bird -
34. Billy Strayhorn -
35. Endurances -
36. Flugelhorn -
37. Europe -
38. Norman Granz -
39. Norman's Battles -
40. Q -
41. NBC -
42. Jim and Andy's -
43. Johnny and Ed -
44. Mumbles -
45. First House -
46. Big Bad Band -
47. Carnegie Hall -
48. Etoile -
49. Jazz Education Arena -
50. Those NBC Years -
51. Storms -
52. Black Clouds -
53. Keep on Keepin' On -
54. New Love -
55. Whirlwinds -
56. Through the Storm -
57. Second Chance -
58. The Biggest Surprise - Acknowledgments
- Honors and Awards
- Original Compositions
- Selected Discography
- Index
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Tennis Shoe Pimp
Tennis Shoe Pimp
- Chapter:
- 11. Tennis Shoe Pimp
- Source:
- Clark
- Author(s):
Gwen Terry
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter describes Clark Terry's association with Feather, a prostitute who described him as her “tennis shoe pimp because he didn't beat her,” and he also talks about his gigs at the Grenada. It was in December of 1941 that Clark began gigging with Checkers' band. And it was the same time that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. When it happened there was unrest all around and people were panicking and crying. The radio programs appealed to people to join the army. War was declared. It was at the gig that night that Clark played “Blue Moon”, and suddenly, the atmosphere calmed, almost being controlled by the music. This made Clark realize the undeniable power of jazz and he started to play it deeper than ever before.
Keywords: tennis shoe pimp, Grenada, Pearl Harbor, Blue Moon, jazz
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1. Big Dreams -
2. First Instruments -
3. Kicked Out -
4. The Vashon High Swingsters -
5. First Road Gig -
6. Nigga -
7. Ida Cox -
8. Stranded -
9. Lincoln Inn -
10. On the Road Again -
11. Tennis Shoe Pimp -
12. Jailed -
13. Len Bowden -
14. Navy Days -
15. Gray Clouds -
16. The Big Apple -
17. George Hudson -
18. The Club Plantation -
19. Galloping Dominoes -
20. Tempting Offers -
21. Lionel Hampton -
22. Road Lessons -
23. Pauline -
24. Charlie Barnet -
25. Count Basie -
26. Big Debt -
27. Duke Ellington -
28. Leaving Basie -
29. The University of Ellingtonia -
30. Working with Duke -
31. Duke's Team -
32. Duke's Management Arts -
33. Miles and Bird -
34. Billy Strayhorn -
35. Endurances -
36. Flugelhorn -
37. Europe -
38. Norman Granz -
39. Norman's Battles -
40. Q -
41. NBC -
42. Jim and Andy's -
43. Johnny and Ed -
44. Mumbles -
45. First House -
46. Big Bad Band -
47. Carnegie Hall -
48. Etoile -
49. Jazz Education Arena -
50. Those NBC Years -
51. Storms -
52. Black Clouds -
53. Keep on Keepin' On -
54. New Love -
55. Whirlwinds -
56. Through the Storm -
57. Second Chance -
58. The Biggest Surprise - Acknowledgments
- Honors and Awards
- Original Compositions
- Selected Discography
- Index
- [UNTITLED]