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	Mezz Mezzrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mezzrow is, probably, the least technically competent musician to have achieved recognition in the history of jazz.
		Mezzrow married a fl woman and lived in Harlem and called himself a "voluntary Negro." When he served a prison sentence for dealing marijuana, he insisted to the guards that he was fl and was transferred to the segregated prison's fl section.
		Mezzrow was lifelong friends with French jazz critic Hugues Panassié and consequently spent the last 20 years of his life in Paris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow (534 words)

	Might Mezz by Albert Goldman
		Mezz split from Chicago when the local jazz scene began to fade as a result of the migration of musicians to New York, which was destined to become the jazz capital of the world.
		Mezz and his vipers (weed heads) were the tiny seed from which the whole modern dope culture sprang.
		The respect Mezz garnered on the street was not only due to the quality of his dope; he resisted efforts by big-time gangsters to take over the dealing business in Harlem, as he resisted the efforts of legitimate business persons to package the stuff and sell it nationally.
	www.ukcia.org /potculture/30/mezz.html (3465 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Although he was a decent clarinetist and saxophonist, Mezz Mezzrow is remembered today primarily for his autobiography "Really the Blues", and for rejecting White society and embracing African-American culture, to the extent that he actually believed that he was Black.
		In the 1920s he was part of the White Chicago jazz scene, played with the Austin High Gang and recorded with the Jungle Kings and the Chicago Rhythm Kings.
		In 1948 Mezzrow moved to France where he recorded with Lee Collins and others.
	www.redhotjazz.com /mezz.html (160 words)

	$artist - $album
		Mezz fell in love with the sound of early jazz and with the excitement of the music scene.
		Mezzrow's maniacal enthusiasm for early jazz is contagious.
		For years Mezz strove to play the true Storyville jazz idiom and was unable to know the underlying blues deep down that produces authentic feeling that the best players conveyed through their horns.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/b1202_02.htm (903 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow : 1928-1936 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Mezz Mezzrow was never that strong a player.
		However, Mezz did appear on a lot of significant recordings through the years, and some are on this Classics CD.
		Playing tenor, Mezzrow is heard in 1928 with the Chicago Rhythm Kings, the Jungle Kings (the same group under a different name), Frank Teschemacher's Chicagoans, and the Louisiana Rhythm Kings.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,214784,00.html (253 words)

	drugwar: I Love You If You're a Viper: The Story of "Mezz" Mezzrow
		Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (1899-1972) is at first an unlikely entry into the history of Jazz music in the United States.
		Mezzrow may have been of somewhat marginal musical talent, but in the 30s he presided over the The Disciples of Swing, one of the earliest integrated bands.
		Mezz's story reminds us of the influence and importance of marijuana in the formative days of Jazz, and how for a time the 'viper' was a hero, not a villain.
	community.livejournal.com /drugwar/41100.html (744 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow \| QX104 FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mezz Mezzrow occupies an odd and unique place in jazz history.
		A passionate propagandist for Chicago and New Orleans jazz and the rights of fls (he meant well, but tended to overstate his case), Mezzrow was actually most significant for writing his colorful and somewhat fanciful memoirs, Really the Blues, and for being a reliable supplier of marijuana in the 1930s and '40s.
		Mezzrow recorded with The Jungle Kings, The Chicago Rhythm Kings, and Eddie Condon during 1927-1928, often on tenor.
	www.qx104fm.com /performer/105548/mezz-mezzrow (277 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Really the Blues, by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		...Mezzrow throws no light on jazz as music, and his analysis of how good jazz musicians are created asserts Negro lineage and penal servitude to be the necessary ingredients, with little consideration of the aesthetic platforminnate or practiced musicianship-upon which these factors must rest ultimately...
		...Mezzrow resolutely turns his back on the more "advanced" evolution of the whites, chooses to be big in what is to him a small pond...
		...for Mezzrow is not only a good jazz clarinetist-he is also one of those rare Jews who hack out a solution for their lives well outside ethnic integration with the majority...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V3I2P98-1.htm (637 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow - 1928-1936: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mezz Mezzrow [+] was never that strong a player.
		Playing tenor, Mezzrow is heard in 1928 with the Chicago Rhythm Kings, the Jungle Kings [+] (the same group under a different name), Frank Teschemacher's Chicagoans, and the Louisiana Rhythm Kings.
		This CD is rounded off by four selections from Art Karle and His Boys (mainly showcases for the dated vocals of Chick Bullock [+], although trumpeter Frankie Newton [+] is in the backup band) and two songs from Mezz's first 1936 session as a leader.
	www.music.com /release/1928-1936/1 (264 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow - 1947: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mezz Mezzrow [+] was a jazz musician better known for writing his exaggerated autobiography Really the Blues in 1946 than for his clarinet playing.
		This Classics disc highlights the year 1947 when Mezzrow was recording for his own King Jazz label.
		Even on up-tempo hot numbers, a hazy laid back approach was consistently maintained, which may have had something to do with Mezzrow's fondness for marijuana.
	www.music.com /release/1947/10 (205 words)

	Glossary: Mezzrow, Milton 'Mezz' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Really the Blues (by Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe) is a book of his correspondence and reminiscences (at least partly fictional), published in 1946 by Random House.
		Mezzrow grew up in Chicago and played around there in the '20s, then New York in the '30s (lots of session work and clubs).
		Either the ultimate hipster or a complete fraud, depending on yur perspective, M.M. rivaled Eddie Condon as a jazz advocate, personality, insider, and confidant, and was also one of the all-time greatest drug connections.
	www.harbour.sfu.ca /~hayward/van/glossary/mezzrow.html (377 words)

	Amazon.ca: Really the Blues: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mezzrow wrote this book in 1946, and he uses 20's era slang to tell his story.
		Mezzrow's maniacal enthusiasm for early jazz is endearing.
		Mezzrow is always trying to be something he isn't and never can be.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0881843261 (818 words)

	MEZZ
		Mezzrow's 1st gig (a Halloween party) is in the New Trier High School gym.
		Jeff is bringing his band MEZZ to New York for shows in the Greenwich Village clubs.
		Mezzrow moves to Germany and brings various rhythm sections over from Boston and New York to tour.
	www.mezz.de /mezz.html (290 words)

	Jazzcorner's Speakeasy - Mezz Mezzrow
		I would like to find and be in contact with anyone who knew and/or played with Mezz.
		It's not on Mezz per se but it will give a short overview of his life and times.
		Matter of fact, Mezzrow settled in Paris because Panassié urged him to make the move.
	www.jazzcornertalk.com /speakeasy/printthread.php?t=9333 (318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mezzrow recorded with the Jungle Kings, the Chicago Rhythm Kings and Eddie Condon during 1927-28, often on tenor.
		Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-47, mostly documenting ensemble-oriented blues jams with Bechet and occasionally Hot Lips Page.
		Without Mezz Tommy Ladnier, that amazing New Orleans cornetist, wouldn't have had the chance to record anew at all (although he died a few years later).
	www.ivritype.com /jewish-music/1999/jm-19990817.txt (10877 words)

	National Review: Mezz Mezzrow. - sound recording reviews
		Born Milton Mesirow, of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Mezz grew up in the urban jungles of Chicago, learning to play the clarinet in reform school.
		His Torah and Talmud were the instrumental blues that moved up from New Orleans during World War I. For him--and he could be more than a little abrasive on the subject--fl was not only beautiful but all there was in jazz.
		Mezz dominated every record he made--his clarinet ranging from a warm chalumeau register so typical of New Orleans clarinet to the reedy vibratos of the high, and surging with his inexhaustible inventions and his empathy with the tradition that obsessed him.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v38/ai_4184343 (322 words)

	Jazz Me News April 2003
		Capone once wanted Mezzrow to fire a girl singer who was developing a romantic relationship with Capone's younger brother.
		Capone respected Mezz after that and stopped interfering with the decisions regarding the music.
		His many attempts to front a truly integrated band in gigs as well as recording studios was met with stiff resistance by the entrenched power brokers of the '20s, '30s and '40s.
	www.riverwalk.org /JMN/Archive/html/JMN4_01_03.htm (2724 words)

	1947 by Mezz Mezzrow
		Evil Gal Blues - His Quintet, Mezz Mezzrow
		Hey Daddy Blues - His Quintet, Mezz Mezzrow
		Mezz Mezzrow was a jazz musician better known for writing his exaggerated autobiography -Really the Blues in 1946 than for his clarinet playing
	www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=756552 (238 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		I don't believe that any recordings will surface that will reflect Mezzrow's "true" background, because he actually believed that he was African-American, or rather he had physically metamorphosized into an African American, and if one reads his ridiculous autobiography, the fact that he was Jewish was mentioned only to fill in his early beginnings.
		In prison Mezzrow insisted on being housed with the Black guys, -- and he was.
		Subject: Mezz Mezzrow Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 03:56:38 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi, I don't have information about a recording of Mezz Mezzrow that reflects his background (re the query in today's Digest), but it reminded me of an incident you might enjoy.
	www.ivritype.com /jewish-music/1999/jm-19990816.txt (2748 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow : Really the Blues - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		To celebrate the release of his book Really the Blues, clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow gathered some of his favorite players, many of whom were recording for his King Jazz label at the time, to perform a Town Hall concert.
		This collector's LP also has the same group without Mezzrow (an improvement) jamming on a blues and two Dixieland standards, along with a feature for Price (heard in duet with Dodds) and the old vaudeville team of Coot Grant and "Kid Sox" Wesley Wilson (who interact on "You Can't Do That to Me").
		The music is fun, but not too essential; this album will be difficult to locate.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,325795,00.html (179 words)

	TOMMY LADNIER
		Ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll (Mezz Mezzrow) 1938 2:57
		Every body loves my baby (Mezz Mezzrow) 1938 2:23
		The world is waiting for the sunrise (Mezz Mezzrow) 1938 3:07
	www.bigbandmusic.com /bandleadersgm/leadersl/ladnier.htm (53 words)

	CMT.com : Mezz Mezzrow : Biography
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		propagandist for Chicago and New Orleans jazz and the rights of fls (he meant well, but tended to overstate his case), Mezzrow was actually most significant for writing his colorful and somewhat fanciful memoirs, Really the Blues, and for being a reliable supplier of marijuana in the 1930s and '40s.
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	www.cmt.com /artists/az/mezzrow_mezz/bio.jhtml (279 words)

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		Playing tenor, Mezzrow is heard in 1928 with the Chicago Rhythm Kings, the...
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	www.mp3.com /albums/170552/summary.html (375 words)

	Mezz Mezzrow - Jazzcorner's Speakeasy
		I read "Really The Blues" a long time ago and enjoyed it immensely.
		I think Mezz was a cousin of my grandfather, too
		Send a private message to José Domingos Raffaelli
	www.jazzcornertalk.com /speakeasy/showthread.php?t=9333 (338 words)

	Discount 1936-1939, Mezz Mezzrow CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare Music CD Prices.
		Discount 1936-1939, Mezz Mezzrow CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare Music CD Prices.
		Track List - 1936-1939, Mezz Mezzrow CD Mutiny In The Parlor
		The Panic Is On I'se A-Muggin (Part 1)
	www.findusedcds.com /750582789229/19361939_Mezz_Mezzrow/default.aspx (67 words)

	REALLY THE BLUES - By Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe - Hardback Book
		REALLY THE BLUES - By Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe - Hardback Book
		The story of the first white kid to fall in love with fl culture: Mezz Mezzrow was blowing horn in reform schools, brothels and honky-tonks, dealing pot in the clubs and arcades, and getting drawn into the captivating subculture of the blues long before Mick Jagger started to paint it fl.
		CONDITION: GOOD no dj, previous owners name on fep, pages discoloured but tightly bound
	www.clarebooks.co.uk /item7796.htm (133 words)

	VH1.com : Mezz Mezzrow : Artist Main
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	eBay - CD: King Jazz Story, Vol. 2 Really The Blues (UPC: 717101821327) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Meyer" to "Mhan"
		-- Call no.: PN6728.H43v.5no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Mezz, Galactic Tour 2494.
		Call no.: PN6728.6.D34M4 ------------------------------------------------------ "Mezz Kicks the Hop" / M. Campos.
		-- Call no.: PN6747.M494E75 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/mrri/mey.htm (3549 words)

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