Bill Reed is a journalist and writer whose articles on show business, the arts and popular music have appeared in such publications as Rolling Stone, the San Francisco Examiner and International Documentary. He is a record producer of jazz recordings for SSJ Records (Japan).

“large amount of research”—In The Groove.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Part One: The Big Picture1. The Birth of the Black Musical: Will Marion Cook      2. The Queens of Toby Time: The Whitman Sisters      3. The Color Line: Billy McClain      4. Over Here ... Over There: Valaida Snow      5. Renaissance Woman: Nora Holt      6. All That Jazz: Billy Strayhorn      7. The Movies: Hazel Scott      8. Forcing the Issue: Dinah Washington      9. On Broadway: Sammy Davis, Jr.      Part Two: Zeroing In10. Full-Service Showfolk: Leonard Reed, Demas Dean, Frances Williams      11. Stops Along the Way: Three Cities      12. Some Subjects for Further Research      Appendix 1: A Biographical Sketch of Blind Tom Bethune (1876)      Appendix 2: A Selected Demas Dean Discography      Appendix 3: “Negro Dance,” by Nora Douglas Holt      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index