Statesman of the piano : jazz, race, and history in the life of Lou Hooper /

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Includes Lou Hooper's autobiography, titled That happy road.Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index."Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to Harlem, performing alongside Paul Robeson and recording extensively in and around Tin Pan Alley, before moving to Montreal in the 1930s. Prolific and influential, Hooper was an early teacher of Oscar Peterson and deeply involved in the jazz community in Montreal. When the Second World War broke out he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and entertained the troops in Europe. Near the end of his life Hooper came to prominence for his exceptional career and place in the history of jazz, inspiring an autobiography that was never published. Statesman of the Piano makes this document widely available for the first time and includes photographs, concert programs, lyrics, and other documents to reconstruct his life and times. Historians, archivists, musicians, and cultural critics provide annotations and commentary, examining some of the themes that emerge from Hooper's writing and music. Statesman of the Piano sparks new conversations about Hooper's legacy while shedding light on the cross-border travels and wartime experiences of Black musicians, the politics of archiving and curating, and the connections between race and music in the twentieth century."--Issued also in electronic format.Introduction: Lou Hooper's "Rediscovery" / Sean Mills, Eric Fillion, and Désirée Rochat -- That happy road: [autobiography] / Lou Hooper -- Documents. "Over the sea to my soldier (1918) ; Constitution of the Hooper Southern Singers of Canada (1935) ; Letter to the Free Lance (1935) ; First anniversary meeting of the Hooper Southern Singers of Canada (1936) ; The Canadians entertain (1941) ; "The RCA Band" (1942) ; "Montreal, our town" (1966) ; Music through the years (1973) ; Concert programs (1907-1976) -- Reading Lou Hooper's autobiography as an ecobiography / Sunita Nigam -- Brave Sergeant Hooper and his bandoliers / Jason Wilson -- To be "un/silenced": the interplay of archives, Blackness, and Canadian history in That happy road / Arshad Suliman Desai -- Black community archives in practice / Kristen Young -- The path of resiliency / Julie Richard.