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Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz
Making the Scene Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz
Author: Alex Stewart
The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz musicians know, even though big bands lost the spotlight once the bebop era began, they never really disappeared. Making the Scene challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520249530
ISBN-10: 0520249534
Publication Date: 8/2/2007
Pages: 416
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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