The Big Band Almanac
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306803451ISBN-10:306803453UPC:9780306803451Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, ReferenceBook Topic:JazzSize:10.50 x 6.53 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.9621Product ID:SC8ZKNKWB6
With more than 500 pictures, and extensive entries on more than 350 orchestras, this complete coverage of black and white bands--from the almost-forgotten to Basie, Ellington, Miller, Shaw, and Dorsey--will prompt memories and establish important facts about a glorious era of jazz and popular music. Forewords by Les Brown and Harry James and an index with more than 6,000 names bracket a book that...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306803451ISBN-10:306803453UPC:9780306803451Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, ReferenceBook Topic:JazzSize:10.50 x 6.53 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.9621Product ID:SC8ZKNKWB6
Leo Walker played trumpet in several Midwest territory bands of the '30s. For ten years he operated his own booking agency in Hollywood where he specialized in handling big bands. A former president of the Hollywood Press Club, he is the author of The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands and founder of the Big Band Academy of America.
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