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The Swing Era

By Gunther Schuller

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The Swing Era

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This second volume of Gunther Schuller's comprehensive history of jazz covers the period from the 1930s to the late 1940s, decades which saw the transition from big band swing to the virtuoso bop style. The first half of the book concentrates on the band leaders, singers, and composers who dominated the popular music of their day: the jazz aristocracy of Ellington, Basie, and Goodman, as well as major soloists such as Billie Holliday, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and Lester Young.

The second half focuses on the origins and early development of bop, the major jazz form of the 1940s, and its two great exponents, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
938
Release Date:
1989-02-01
Publication Date:
1989-03-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019504312X
ISBN13:
9780195043129
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1553 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
54 cm
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