A01=Gunther Schuller
Author_Gunther Schuller
Category=AVLP
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Product details
- ISBN 9780195071405
- Weight: 1293g
- Dimensions: 157 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 19 Mar 1992
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Taking up where Early Jazz (OPB, #6.95) leaves off, this second volume of Gunther Schuller's history of jazz considers the swing era - the age of dance bands and radio shows. Tracing the origins of swing and its effects on American musical and social life, he assesses the distinctive sounds of great bandleaders like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman, instrumentalists such as Art Tatum, Cab Calloway, and Pee Wee Russell, and such vocalists as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Peggy Lee.
Prominent American composer, horn-player, and writer on music.
