As a musician who grew up in New Orleans, and later worked in New York with the major swing orchestras of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, Barker is uniquely p

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A foreword by Chubby Jackson, a discography, and an index round out this captivating volume."--BOOK JACKET.

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