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Pages: 345
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-09-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Language: en
Pages: 966
Pages: 966
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-08 - Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
In this book you will find an astounding 400 biographies that highlight the history and personnel of the great bands. It is organized into four sections: “The
Language: en
Pages: 398
Pages: 398
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
The marvelous words and music of the swing era with the bands and vocalists that made them famous.
Language: en
Pages: 428
Pages: 428
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Duke University Press
The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women’s swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of “League o
Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:
Fifteen-piece swinging dance bands swept the country in popularity during the big band era of 1935-1946, the only time in America's history to-date when jazz wa