Download or read book One O'clock Jump written by Douglas H. Daniels and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Devils have received very little attention from jazz historians, though the band members and the writer Ralph Ellison (who sometimes sat in with them) spoke with conviction about their sterling musicianship and their legendary ability to defeat all competitors in battles of the bands. Chronicling the ten years the band was officially together, Douglas Daniels delves into the potent social and cultural history of the 1920s and the Depression to show the era's influence on the group's founding as well as on the players' careers.