"3 1148 OUyuo e.\ 10 DATE D U S 133 shining trumpets shining trumpets A HISTORY OF jazz BY RUDI BLESH silvertrumpets, beyouliftedup, Andcrytothegreatracethatistocome! Long-throatedswansuponthewavesoftime Singloudly,forbeyondthewallofthe world Thatracemayhearourmusicandawake. WILLIAM BUTLEB YEATS 1946 ALFRED A KNOPF NEW YORK TK*isaBorzoiBook,publishedbyAlfredA.Knopf,Inc. Copyright1946 byAlfredA.Knopf,Inc.Allrights reserved.Nopart of this book may be reproducedin anyform withoutpermissioninwriting fromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquotebriefpassagedor reproducenotmorethanthreeillustrationsin^ctreviewto beprintedina magazine ornewspaper.Manufacturedin the UnitedStates ofAmerica. PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyTheRyersonPress PIEST EDITION