title: Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall (Bayou Jazz Lives)
author:  Iain Cameron Williams 
description: "Adelaide was a remarkable artist and an inspiration to work with. Not only was she a huge star, she was one of the major figures in the Harlem Renaissance and as such her biography is long over-due."Fayard Nicholas<br /><br />"By concentrating on Hall's formative years in the entertainment business, Williams takes the reader on a fascinating ride from her humble childhood in Harlem through triumphs on Broadway to the glamour of Paris. He vividly describes her appearances at the Moulin Rouge, London Palladium and three famous New York venues: the Palace, Apollo and Cotton Club. Williams first met Hall in 1971 and remained a trusted friend until her death in 1993. He encouraged her to "open up" and tell her story, including many events in her life that have never been related or fully explained."-The Guardian (UK)<br /><br />"This is fine reading experience, and the author Iain Cameron Williams is to be congratulated on an accurate, detailed biography. First class. Highly recommended."-Lee Prosser, Jazz Review.com<br /><br />'I'm delighted that at last a book has been written reminding us all who sometimes took her for granted of her supreme importance both historically and as a great creative artist in her own right.'<BR>From the Foreword by Earl Okin<br /><br />"This is an important and lively story, a must read that will catapult you back into the heady days of the Cotton Club revues in which Adelaide Hall starred.""-Straight No Chaser"<br /><br />"Williams met Ms. Hall late in her life and spent a considerable amount of time interviewing her and this shows in the incredible and accurate narrative, which provides a vivid description of the heyday of black musical revuesThe book is well-written and includes a lot of hitherto-unavailable dataOne of the best books I've read on the musical scene of the 1920s." -Paige Van Vorst, JazzBeat, Fall 2002
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  HARLEM RHAPSODY
  
  
  
  
  
  The Volunteers Series
  
  
  Book Two
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JOHN NUCKEL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Harlem Rhapsody, _Book Two, The Volunteers Series_
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 John Nuckel
  
  
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