The Boston jazz chronicles : faces, places, and nightlife, 1937-1962 / Richard Vacca.

"Jazz maps of Boston": p. 7-15.

Discography: p. 321-324.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before the war -- Big band Boston -- Charlie Shribman and the Roseland-State Ballroom -- Swinging the home front -- A late forties interlude -- Dixieland revival -- Reading, writing, and rhythm physics -- Scuffling -- The Jazz Corner of Boston -- Paradise -- Sabby Lewis, Jimmy Tyler, and the last days of swing -- Big bands, new sounds : Nat Pierce and Jimmie Martin -- The Hi-Hat : America's smartest barbecue -- The Melody Lounge gang -- Stablemates -- Dynamo -- Stories from the fifties -- Telling it -- Into the great outdoors -- Looking forward, looking back -- Snapshots of a city.