Benny Goodman and the Swing Era

Author(s)

• Collier, James Lincoln

Bibliographic Information

Benny Goodman and the Swing Era

James Lincoln Collier

Oxford University Press, 1991 , c1989

• pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 363-386

Discography: p. 387

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study attempts to capture the elusive character of the "King of Swing", providing a detailed account of Goodman's life and music as well as a survey of the rise of Big Band swing music from its origins in the Depression.

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Details

• NCID: BA1713219X
• ISBN:
  • 0195067762
• LCCN: 89016030
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML422.G65
  • DC20 : 781.65/092
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Goodman, Benny, 1909-
  • LCSH : Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
  • LCSH : Jazz -- History and criticism