The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945
Schuller, Gunther1989
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Following on from the author's previous work, "Early Jazz", this detailed history of jazz covers the crucial era which saw the rise of big band swing and the transition to the more "avant-garde" bop style which revolutionized jazz in the 1940s.
Main title:
The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945 / Gunther Schuller.
Author:
Imprint:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Collation:
xviii, 919 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series title:
History of jazz ; v. 2.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780195071405 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.654781.65
Local class:
786.91
Language:
English
BRN:
2487437