Revised Edition. Stated First Paperback Printing. Includes Index And Photo Credits. Edge Wear, With Reading Creases To The Spine. No Ownership Information Present.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Big Band Almanac, Revised Edition

Publisher

Da Capo Press, New York, New York, U. S. A.

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0306803453

ISBN 13

9780306803451

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Thus

Condition

Good

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Synopsis

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 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 should be part of any music library.

About the Author

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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