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The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945
Gunther Schuller
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Description for The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945
Paperback. Following on from the author's previous work, "Early Jazz", this detailed history of jazz covers the crucial era which saw the rise of big band swing and the transition to the more "avant-garde" bop style which revolutionized jazz in the 1940s. Num Pages: 944 pages, line drawings, music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Taking up where Early Jazz (OPB, #6.95) leaves off, this second volume of Gunther Schuller's history of jazz considers the swing era - the age of dance bands and radio shows. Tracing the origins of swing and its effects on American musical and social life, he assesses the distinctive sounds of great bandleaders like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman, instrumentalists such as Art Tatum, Cab Calloway, and Pee Wee Russell, and such vocalists as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Peggy Lee.
Taking up where Early Jazz (OPB, #6.95) leaves off, this second volume of Gunther Schuller's history of jazz considers the swing era - the age of dance bands and radio shows. Tracing the origins of swing and its effects on American musical and social life, he assesses the distinctive sounds of great bandleaders like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman, instrumentalists such as Art Tatum, Cab Calloway, and Pee Wee Russell, and such vocalists as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Peggy Lee.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
937
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780195071405
SKU
V9780195071405
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Ref
99-19
About Gunther Schuller
Prominent American composer, horn-player, and writer on music.
Reviews for The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945
`Hardly anyone else can write on jazz with such authority...indispensable to serious jazz lovers...A monumental contribution to jazz literature.' New York Review of Books `a magisterial achievement...a masterpiece and a source of pure joy' Washington Post Book World `A touchstone of jazz literature...The most thorough and authoritative study ever undertaken on the period.' Philadelphia Inquirer 'Reading it is like listening ... Read more