Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on African and African American music and is editor of volumes 1 and 2 of African Musicology: Current Trends (1989, 1992). Eddie S. Meadows is Professor of Music at San Diego State University and the author of several jazz reference books, including Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (1995).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONJacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930Michael B. Bakan 2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945Ralph Eastman 3· Oakland BluesPart 1. EssayLee Hildebrand Part 2. A Conversation with Bob GeddinsJames C. Moore Sr. 4· The California Black Gospel Music Tradition:A Confluence of Musical Styles and CulturesJacqueline Cogdell DjeDjeII MUSIC AND THE MEDIA5· Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black RadioKwaku Person-Lynn Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson 6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of StylesWillie R. Collins 7· Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and CriticismEddie S. Meadows III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz MusicianDanica L. Stein 9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black AngelenoJean Kzdula 10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to MotownKimasi L. Browne APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIADavid Martinelli PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on African and African American music and is editor of volumes 1 and 2 of African Musicology: Current Trends (1989, 1992). Eddie S. Meadows is Professor of Music at San Diego State University and the author of several jazz reference books, including Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (1995).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONJacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930Michael B. Bakan 2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945Ralph Eastman 3· Oakland BluesPart 1. EssayLee Hildebrand Part 2. A Conversation with Bob GeddinsJames C. Moore Sr. 4· The California Black Gospel Music Tradition:A Confluence of Musical Styles and CulturesJacqueline Cogdell DjeDjeII MUSIC AND THE MEDIA5· Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black RadioKwaku Person-Lynn Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson 6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of StylesWillie R. Collins 7· Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and CriticismEddie S. Meadows III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz MusicianDanica L. Stein 9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black AngelenoJean Kzdula 10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to MotownKimasi L. Browne APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIADavid Martinelli PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on African and African American music and is editor of volumes 1 and 2 of African Musicology: Current Trends (1989, 1992). Eddie S. Meadows is Professor of Music at San Diego State University and the author of several jazz reference books, including Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (1995).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONJacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930Michael B. Bakan 2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945Ralph Eastman 3· Oakland BluesPart 1. EssayLee Hildebrand Part 2. A Conversation with Bob GeddinsJames C. Moore Sr. 4· The California Black Gospel Music Tradition:A Confluence of Musical Styles and CulturesJacqueline Cogdell DjeDjeII MUSIC AND THE MEDIA5· Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black RadioKwaku Person-Lynn Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson 6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of StylesWillie R. Collins 7· Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and CriticismEddie S. Meadows III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz MusicianDanica L. Stein 9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black AngelenoJean Kzdula 10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to MotownKimasi L. Browne APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIADavid Martinelli PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX