Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue from the 1920s to the early 1950s, this text provides a picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history. Included are firsthand reminiscences by and about jazz legends such as Charlie Parker and Art Farmer.
A history of jazz in Los Angeles from the 1920s through the 1950s--and of the African-American community on Central Avenue where it thrived--told through the oral histories of 19 musicians.