The life story of this great instrumentalist, bandleader, and entertainer illustrates much of the black entertainer's impact on American culture and illuminates how popular culture often intersects with politics and economics. --from publisher description

Biography of a poor boy from New Orleans who became a jazz musician who is beloved around the world.

Clockers -- Jungle Fever -- Do the Right Thing -- Mo' Better Blues -- Crooklyn -- School Daze -- Get on the Bus -- She Hate Me. Clockers: Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Moo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his...