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Song for My Fathers by Tom Sancton Book Summary

 Song for My Fathers is the story of a young white boy driven by a
consuming passion to learn the music and ways of a group of aging
black jazzmen in the twilight years of the segregation era.
Contemporaries of Louis Armstrong, most of them had played in local
obscurity until Preservation Hall launched a nationwide revival of
interest in traditional jazz. They called themselves “the mens.” And
they welcomed the young apprentice into their ranks.
   The boy was introduced into this remarkable fellowship by his
father, an eccentric Southern liberal and failed novelist whose powerful
articles on race had made him one of the most effective polemicists
of the early Civil Rights movement. Nurtured on his father’s belief in
racial equality, the aspiring clarinetist embraced the old musicians
with a boundless love and admiration. The narrative unfolds against
the vivid backdrop of New Orleans in the 1950s and ‘60s. But that
magical place is more than decor; it is perhaps the central player, for
this story could not have taken place in any other city in the world.

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