Benny Goodman and the Swing Era

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Benny Goodman and the Swing Era
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 0195067762
ISBN-13 : 9780195067767
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Book Synopsis Benny Goodman and the Swing Era by : James Lincoln Collier

Book excerpt: Traces the rags-to-riches career of the clarinetist and his role in popularizing jazz music in the post-Depression 1930s, assesses his elusive personality, and reevaluates dozens of his landmark recordings


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