Cover
Title Page
Copyright
1. Make Someone Happy
2. A Soothing Hum
3. The Best American Girl
4. Dad
5. The Forests of Arden
6. Ma
7. Ave
8. Stormy Weather
9. “Who’s Playing Clarinet?”
10. Youthful Improvisations
11. Paris
12. Advanced Harmony and Counterpoint
13. A Glockenspielist in Panama
14. Society Beat
15. At Home in the St. Regis
16. Ports of Call
17. View from the Bandstand
18. The Private Sport
19. Losing Ma
20. Pam
21. Endings
22. Second Time Around
23. Piano Rolls
Afterword
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
About the Author