Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Big Dreams -- 2. First Instruments -- 3. Kicked Out -- 4. The Vashon High Swingsters -- 5. First Road Gig -- 6. Nigga -- 7. Ida Cox -- 8. Stranded -- 9. Lincoln Inn -- 10. On the Road Again -- 11. Tennis Shoe Pimp -- 12. Jailed -- 13. Len Bowden -- 14. Navy Days -- 15. Gray Clouds -- 16. The Big Apple -- 17. George Hudson -- 18. The Club Plantation -- 19. Galloping Dominoes -- 20. Tempting Offers -- 21. Lionel Hampton -- 22. Road Lessons -- 23. Pauline -- 24. Charlie Barnet -- 25. Count Basie -- 26. Big Debt -- 27. Duke Ellington -- 28. Leaving Basie -- 29. The University of Ellingtonia -- 30. Working with Duke -- 31. Duke's Team -- 32. Duke's Management Arts -- 33. Miles and Bird -- 34. Billy Strayhorn -- 35. Endurances -- 36. Flugelhorn -- 37. Europe -- 38. Norman Granz -- 39. Norman's Battles -- 40. Q -- 41. NBC -- 42. Jim and Andy's -- 43. Johnny and Ed -- 44. Mumbles -- 45. First House -- 46. Big Bad Band -- 47. Carnegie Hall -- 48. Etoile -- 49. Jazz Education Arena -- 50. Those NBC Years -- 51. Storms -- 52. Black Clouds -- 53. Keep on Keepin' On -- 54. New Love -- 55. Whirlwinds -- 56. Through the Storm -- 57. Second Chance -- 58. The Biggest Surprise -- Acknowledgments -- Honors and Awards -- Original Compositions -- Selected Discography -- Index.