That's Got 'Em! - The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman

Wilbur C. Sweatman (1882-1961) is one of the most important, yet unheralded, African American musicians involved in the transition of ragtime into jazz in the early twentieth century. In That's Got’Em!, Mark Berresford tracks this energetic pioneer over a seven-decade career. This is the first full-length biography of this pivotal figure in black popular culture.