Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper

Cover -- Statesman Of The Piano-- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Lou Hooper's Rediscovery -- Part One Co-editors' Note -- 1 That Happy Road -- 2 Documents -- A Over The Sea To My Soldier (1918) -- B Constitution Of The Hooper Southern Singers Of Canada (1935) -- C Letter To The Free Lance (1935) -- D First Anniversary Meeting Of The Hooper Southern Singers Of Canada (1936) -- E The Canadians Entertain (1941) -- F The Rca Band (1942) -- G Montreal, Our Town (1966) -- H Music Through The Years (1973) I Concert Programs (1907-1976) -- Part Two Co-editors' Note -- 3 Reading Lou Hooper's Autobiography As An Ecobiography -- 4 Brave Sergeant Hooper And His Bandoliers -- 5 To Be Un/silenced: The Interplay Of Archives, Blackness, And Canadian History In That Happy Road -- 6 Black Community Archives In Practice -- 7 The Path Of Resiliency -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index Edited By Sean Mills, Eric Fillion, And Désirée Rochat. Includes Lou Hooper's Autobiography, Titled That Happy Road. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.