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Swing City is crowded with 100 pictures of performers like Nackie Sacki Jackie and Fats (Jennings), Be Bop King Babs Gonzalez, Bobby Plater (later of Count Basie band fame), eccentric pianist LaRue Jordan, Carl McIntyre and his wife, Flossie, honey-toned tenor saxman Ike Quebec, and Doryce Bradley.... Swing City packs a potent wallop for even the uninitiated nostalgia lover. At its conclusion, the reader is apt to repeat James Brown's trademark chant, 'I Feel Good,' as this Who's Who of Newark entertainers traces the dawning of rhythm and blues to today's new stars who have inherited a rich legacy from their musical forebears. - City News [Newark] has launched many illustrious entertainment careers, including those of jazz legends Sarah Vaughan and Ike Quebec and comedians Jackie Gleason and Redd Foxx. Barbara Kukla knows Newark, then and now, and she heralds its African American cultural legacy in this lively, intimate portrait of the city. - Black Ethnic Collectibles

""Swing City is crowded with 100 pictures of performers like Nackie Sacki Jackie and Fats (Jennings), Be Bop King Babs Gonzalez, Bobby Plater (later of Count Basie band fame), eccentric pianist LaRue Jordan, Carl McIntyre and his wife, Flossie, honey-toned tenor saxman Ike Quebec, and Doryce Bradley.... Swing City packs a potent wallop for even the uninitiated nostalgia lover. At its conclusion, the reader is apt to repeat James Brown's trademark chant, 'I Feel Good,' as this Who's Who of Newark entertainers traces the dawning of rhythm and blues to today's new stars who have inherited a rich legacy from their musical forebears."" - City News ""[Newark] has launched many illustrious entertainment careers, including those of jazz legends Sarah Vaughan and Ike Quebec and comedians Jackie Gleason and Redd Foxx. Barbara Kukla knows Newark, then and now, and she heralds its African American cultural legacy in this lively, intimate portrait of the city."" - Black Ethnic Collectibles

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BARBARA J. KUKLA is editor of ""Newark This Week"" for the Newark Star-Ledger.

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