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Blacks obviously played ui .the white New leavecalifornia aotretumfortwoyeare.
<br /> Orleans racists' fears of "voodoo" to try to keep American newspapers, politicians, and police, had
<br /> whites out of their lives. Jaz~s birthplace is generally virtually no idea, for 15 years (until the 1920x, and
<br /> recognized to be in Storeyville, New Orleans, and then only rarely), that the marijuana the "darkies"
<br /> home of the original innovators: Buddy Bohler, Buck and "Chicanos" were smoking in cigarettes or pipes
<br /> Johnson and others (1909-1917). Storeyville was also was just a weaker version of the many familiar con-
<br /> the birthplace of Louis Armstrong" (1900). centrated cannabis medicines they'd been taking
<br /> ~ In 1930-one year after Louie Armstrong recorded "Haggles' since childhood, or that the same drug was smoked
<br /> (read: "marijuana"}-he was arrested for a mar{juana cigarette in at the lOCal `white man's" plush hashish parlors.
<br /> Los Angeles, California and put in jail for 10 days until he agreed to
<br /> ;ANSLINGER'S HATRED ~JF BLAGK85A~T~?JAZZ
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<br /> ' After rgtu~ement, Harry Anslmger personally de- Typical of a ~tia jazz musrtaans' files ie the
<br /> livered lux pagers from hra 3 y ~ as the`world'~ ' followmg- "D a t~ a ce'lada In Camden,
<br /> top narc Lo Penn State Umv tyc y F ' ~ ~ `lbacas, born ;'~i`6'$"F~1,165~1ba, ~~ack- Gomplex-
<br /> From the Anslinger papers and the Washiigtan, black hair, blarl~syea.~ie bas acairs o:n left foxe-
<br /> D.C., DEA Library (containing the Old F B.N. papers head, and a tattoo pf a dagger sad the word on
<br /> and memos), we have this From 1948 to, 1848, ='his right forearm,. He lb a musxcrari and plays the
<br /> Analinger ordered all hiazagents :throughout the truinpet~ra s~al1'ho~I~(ls«' a yesy'large
<br /> country to watch and keep marijuana criminal files 'mouth and tluck,hps~w}uch earns lwm ,Iris came.
<br /> of "
<br /> « FIe is a mala~uAna mok~~ (?then files are
<br /> on virtually all. jazz and swing musicians, but not to ~ ~ ,
<br /> boat them until he could coordinate all the jazz ,just as ridiculous,
<br /> xacrst andntr Jazz
<br /> busts on the same night, y~', ~ The only reason tbeyllig; ust of.~ a musicians
<br /> Y ~~`didnt go dovs!n?.rlnalmger's'supenor at the Troasury
<br /> Anslinger kepC files on Thelonius Monk, Iquts department, Assistant St~crekary l'oley ~~ii;n in-
<br /> Armstrong, Lea Brown, CountBasie, Jimmy ~''fonned by Anslinger of the nationwe~azz iuuaieian
<br /> Dorsey, Duke Blltngton, Dizzy Gillespie, lionel round_up, wrote ba~ck~~1~r,~`ole~fdieap~provss!
<br /> Hampton, Andre%stelanetz,;Cab Calloiuay, Ansl!rrgers longtime &nc~ closest ~elrartmental as-
<br /> the
<br /> NBC Orchestra, the iKiGtori Berle show; the sociate and,prolaably hugest C mod, Dr ~:iames
<br /> Coca-Cola program, the Jackie Gleason show Munch*; ~ iatexnewed in 197~about An~uiger's
<br /> and even the Sate Smith program, ;,hatred for jazz musicians in. the~'$Os;'44s, and'SOs,
<br /> N ' by Larry 3lomaa
<br /> for a book pu6)lshe~ by`$obbs-
<br /> His goal and dream was to bust them all m tone gi- Merrill, KteeferMadness,"hi],879. ; ,
<br /> ant nationwide sweep! This would garner,`the firont ' Di: Hunch, a,~6ewiakt iar tbe;FBN, v~eaw(dely touted by-the
<br /> age of ever news a er'in:America, and :make ` aovernmgnt and p"ea~,ar A'"°'i`n'',foram°at °t'thority on the af-
<br /> P Y P P ` t~cte of martjuana during Lhe 1930' and 40'x.
<br /> Anslinger more well-known than his '20'year chief 3loman: WVhy did he CAnslinger] want to go after
<br /> rival, the F.B.L's famous J.Edgar` :Hoover. The jazz them [the jazz/swing muaiciansl so much?"'
<br /> and-swing musicians would be shown to the youth of a,. F;
<br /> America for what they really were dope fiends." - Dr, Muach: •`Because the chief effect as far as they
<br /> [Anslinger, FBN)were concerned w`as that itlength-
<br /> Anslinger ordered his agents to keep files and con=
<br /> atant surveillance on the following "low: life" ens the sense of"turie,.andtherefore they could get
<br /> Americans and their bands; su?gers and comedians: 'more grace beats into there music than they could if
<br /> Theloniua Monk, Louis Armstrong; Les Brows, they simply follovs!ed the written Cmusical] copy,: "
<br /> Count Basie~ Cab Calloway,.Jimmy Dorsey; Duke ^ Sloman "What's~wrongwiththat?"
<br /> Ellington,..Dizzy;Gilleapie,Lionel Hampton,'Andre Dr. Munch "In ether words, if ytiu'are a muxician,
<br /> Kostelanetz. Also'under surveillance `verethe NBC ,
<br /> you are going to, play the thing imusic] the way it is
<br /> .Orchestra, the Milton Berle ahow,,the Ooca-Cola !printed on a sheet. But; if you're using marijuana,
<br /> program, the Jaclrie Gleason program, and even the you are' going tti`work in about twice. as much music
<br /> "Kate Smith program. 1?eople we,think of today as in between the first note and the second note.'That's
<br /> wonderful Americans and musical innovators. what made jazz musicians: The idea that they crould
<br /> For five years.they were watohed and the files jazz things up, liven them up, you see:'
<br /> ~n
<br /> grew `From 1943, to 1948-;the fed'e«ral agents waited Sloman: "Oh, Isee"
<br /> to make their move.
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