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The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945
- Title
- The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945 / Gunther Schuller.
- Author
- Schuller, Gunther.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- xviii, 919 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm
- Summary
- Focuses on the period in American musical history from 1930 to 1945 when jazz was synonymous with America's popular music.
- Series Statement
- The History of jazz ; v. 2
- Schuller, Gunther. History of jazz (1968) ; v. 2.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- נושא ישן: Swing (music) - History and criticism.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- The "king" of swing -- Benny Goodman -- Duke Ellington : master composer -- Louis Armstrong -- The quintessence of swing. Jimmie Lunceford ; Count Basie -- The great black bands. Earl Hines ; Chick Webb ; McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Claude Hopkins ; Fletcher Henderson ; Cab Calloway ; Andy Kirk ; Don Redman ; Benny Carter ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band ; Lionel Hampton ; Cootie Williams/Erskine Hawkins ; Horace Henderson ; Edgar Hayes ; Harlem bands ; Tiny Bradshaw -- The great soloists. Coleman Hawkins ; Roy Eldridge ; Bunny Berigan ; Art Tatum ; Teddy Wilson ; Red Norvo ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Charlie Christian ; Ben Webster ; Jack Teagarden ; Pee Wee Russell ; Henry "Red" Allen -- The white bands. The Casa Loma Orchestra ; Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ; Jimmy Dorsey ; Bob Crosby ; Paul Whiteman ; Glenn Miller ; Tommy Dorsey ; Artie Shaw ; Charlie Barnet ; Gene Krupa ; Woody Herman ; Harry James ; Larry Clinton ; Bob Chester ; Claude Thornhill ; Les Brown ; Hal Mcintyre ; Other white bands -- The territory bands -- Small groups. Red Nichols ; John Kirby ; King Cole ; Joe Mooney ; Rex Stewart ; Lennie Tristano -- Things to come.
- Call Number
- JNE 16-102
- ISBN
- 019504312X
- 9780195043129
- 0195071409
- 9780195071405
- LCCN
- 87001664
- OCLC
- 17660255
- 17660255
- Author
- Schuller, Gunther.
- Title
- The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945 / Gunther Schuller.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The History of jazz ; v. 2Schuller, Gunther. History of jazz (1968) ; v. 2.
- Alternate Script for Note
- נושא ישן: Swing (music) - History and criticism.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1931-1950
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schuller, Gunther. Swing era. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 (OCoLC)755277438
- Research Call Number
- JNE 16-102