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Author Wood, Ean.

Title Born to swing / by Ean Wood.

Publication Info. London : Sanctuary, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  781.654 WOOD    Check Shelf
Description 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.
Subject Big bands -- United States.
Jazz musicians -- United States.
Swing (Music) -- History and criticism.
Big band music -- History and criticism.
Other Form: Online version: Wood, Ean. Born to swing. London : Sanctuary, c1996 (OCoLC)639657072
ISBN 1860741541: £14.99
9781860741548
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