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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE THE BANDLEADERS; VAN ALEXANDER FROM HARLEM TO HOLLYWOOD; BENNY GOODMAN LAUNCHES THE BIG BAND ERA; HORACE HEIDT FIVE DECADES OF TOP SHOW BANDS; JOHN KIRBY THE FORGOTTEN LEGEND; KAY KYSER BANDLEADER, MOVIE STAR, RADIO AND TV HEADLINER, AND HUMANITARIAN; BILLY MAY EIGHT DECADES IN SWING; RAY McKINLEY 75 YEARS WITH THE BIG BANDS; GLENN MILLER RALLIES ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II; ALVINO REY AND THE KING SISTERS A BLOCkBUSTER COMBINATION; JAN SAVITT FROM THE CLASSICS TO SWING; ARTIE SHAW'S POSTWAR MUSICAL ODYSSEY; ORRIN TUCKER HE PLEASED THE PUBLIC |
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GERALD WILSON MASTER OF BIG BAND JAZZPhotos for Part One; PART TWO THE MUSICIANS; ERNANI BERNARDI A MAN OF MANY TALENTS; MILT BERNHART KEEPER OF THE BIG BAND ERA FLAME; BUDDY CHILDERS SEVEN DECADES OF LEAD TRUMPET; JACK COSTANZO MISTER BONGO; ALAN GREENSPAN BIG BAND ERA ALUMNUS; JAKE HANNA 60 YEARS OF SWING; ROC HILLMAN WITNESS TO THE DORSEY BROTHERS BREAKUP; LEGH KNOWLES FROM GLENN MILLER TO THE NAPA VALLEY; JOHN LAPORTA FROM HERMAN TO MINGUS TO BERKLEE; WILLIE SCHWARTZ AND PEGGY CLARK A BIG BAND ROMANCE; CHICO SESMA FROM BIG BANDS TO LATIN JAZZ; BUTCH STONE'S SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY |
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PAUL TANNER FROM SKUNK HOLLOW TO GLENN MILLER TO UCLAZEKE ZARCHY THE LIFE OF A SIDEMAN; Photos for Part Two; PART THREE THE VOCALISTS; BOB EBERLY JIMMY DORSEY'S HITMAKER; HERB JEFFRIES THE BRONZE BUCKAROO; JACK LEONARD BIG BAND CROONER AND HOLLYWOOD BUSINESSMAN; DOLORES O'NEILL THE BIG BAND ERA'S BEST KEPT SECRET; ANDY RUSSELL EAST LOS ANGELES'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIG BAND ERA; JO STAFFORD AN AMERICAN MUSICAL ICON; KAY STARR -- BIG BAND STAR AT 15; GARRY STEVENS FROM CHARLIE SPIVAK TO TEX BENEKE TO A LIFE WITH THE BIG BANDS; MARTHA TILTON AND THE ANGEL SANG; BEA WAIN A LIFE IN MUSIC |
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MARGARET WHITING STILL A CLASS ACTPhotos for Part Three; PART FOUR THE ARRANGERS; FRANK COMSTOCK LES BROWN'S MAN OF RENOWN; FLETCHER HENDERSON, DON REDMAN, AND SY OLIVER THE INVISIBLE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BIG BAND ERA; JOHNNY MANDEL FROM THE BIG BAND ERA TO OSCAR AND GRAMMY AWARDS; Photos for Part Four; PART FIVE THE CONTRIBUTORS; CHUCK CECIL KEEPS THE BIG BAND ERA ALIVE; HENRY HOLLOWAY SOUTH AFRICA'S BIG BAND LEGEND; TOM SHEILS GLENN MILLER'S RIGHT-HAND MAN; GEORGE T. SIMON GROWS UP; Photos for Part Five; PHOTO CREDITS; index |
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Print version record |
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Big band music -- Biography
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Musicians -- Biography
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Musicians -- History -- 20th century
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Big band music
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Musicians
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780874628432 |
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0874628431 |
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