| Description |
491 pages : portraits ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Interviews : bandleaders -- Band reviews -- Occasional pieces -- The diary of our own Jimmy Bracken -- Band histories -- Bix and Bunny -- Interviews : singers -- Records of the year, 1936-40 -- Band battles and concerts -- Meet the band -- Interviews : composers, arrangers, musicians -- Hits and misses -- Hall of fame -- Metronome all-star bands, 1939-40 -- Simon says -- Appendix : Complete listing of Metronome band reviews, 1935-46 -- Index. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Big bands -- United States.
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Jazz musicians.
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| ISBN |
0870001353 |
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