264 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
Contents
Taking it from the top -- The Roaring Twenties -- Fletcher Henderson -- White bands of the twenties -- Black bands of the twenties -- Duke Ellington : part one -- Into the thirties -- Stompin' at the Savoy -- Benny Goodman -- The Dorsey Brothers -- Black bands of the thirties -- White bands of the thirties -- Count Basie -- Artie Shaw -- Duke Ellington : part two -- Glenn Miller -- Charlie Barnet -- Woody Herman -- Ride-out.
