Kenney, William Howland.  Chicago Jazz. New York: Oxford University, 1993. 

Chicago Jazz by William Kenney examines the cultural history surrounding jazz music and Chicago during the early 1900s. It pays particular attention to the effects of the migration north of a large population of individuals that ultimately helped bring the earliest roots of jazz to northern urban areas like Chicago and New York. For this particular source, it was useful in identifying the growth of the Stroll as the epicenter for jazz activity in Chicago. Kenney highlights how the use of newspapers such as the Chicago Defender helped promote widespread recognition of the particular section of Chicago as the mainstream location for jazz and other activities in Chicago. 

Pick, Margaret Moos. Swinging on the South Side: The Heartbeat of Chicago Jazz. Stanford University Libraries, Riverwalk Jazz. 2010. 

Of the three sites used, the following site gave the most detailed background in terms of history for the Stroll. As part of the Riverwalk Jazz Collection the “program” pulls information from several sources highlighting the uniqueness of the Stroll. It begins with a brief examination of how the Stroll began to gain its popularity which benefitted from famous musicians making stops in Chicago. The site then pulls information on the Stroll during its peak time period and similarly to other sources illustrates the importance of the Stroll to Chicago-jazz. This source was the most beneficial in writing the background on the Stroll as it provided the most in-depth description of the lively-action that took place day and night. Interesting about this site was it gave a unique account about how the prohibition age influenced the jazz clubs during this time, as I had no previous knowledge on how it affected the particular jazz age. 

White, Shane, and Graham White. Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit. 1998.

Shane and Graham White provide a very brief overview of the Chicago location, the Stroll as part of  The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. While brief in text, the source gives information and background on the Stroll and the activities that are often associated with the historic site. Difficult to summarize the page much more largely because it is no longer than a couple paragraphs. As a source for this project, it helps paint a descriptive image of what the Stroll was like during its peak time in the early 1900s. The writing is very descriptive while highlighting the features of the Stroll that made the individual location a unique, historic and pivotal site for jazz music in Chicago.