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Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era
John Wriggle
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Description for Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture.
Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture.
Blue Rhythm Fantasy traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet--a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others--to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times ... Read more
Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in the African American press, and interviews with participants, Blue Rhythm Fantasy is a long-overdue study of the arranger during this dynamic era of American music history.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040405
SKU
V9780252040405
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About John Wriggle
John Wriggle is a musicologist, composer, arranger, and trombonist. He has taught for the City University of New York, Rutgers University, and Boston University.
Reviews for Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era
Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2017. "Recommended."
Choice "A fascinating study of an overlooked aspect of the musical world that allows us to view artistic development with a greater understanding of other forces: economic, social, racial, and historical."
ARSC Journal "Wriggle's work is well-researched, well-structured, and ... Read more
Choice "A fascinating study of an overlooked aspect of the musical world that allows us to view artistic development with a greater understanding of other forces: economic, social, racial, and historical."
ARSC Journal "Wriggle's work is well-researched, well-structured, and ... Read more