This ultimate guide to big bands includes hundreds of entries spanning the history of this American musical style. Each entry contains the band name, its leader, essential personnel, the years it existed, tops hits, and a brief description of the band.
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A book of biographies,
By Arena Connery "Arena" (Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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After a few pages of interesting quotes by the big names in big band (both conductors and singers,) Dr. Taylor commences with over 350 pages of biographies and timelines for each decade of big band, beginning with the early 1900s. This is a wonderful reference for any music lover. The timelines give the stories of the musicians a new dimension. With the decline of 'classic' big bands, the sections on the 60s through the 90s don't have as much information, but they do discuss 'ghost bands' and the future of big bands.
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Great Resource,
This review is from: American Big Bands (Book) (Paperback)
As a brief reference guide to any and all of the big bands, this book can't be beat. I own several similar books by other authors, but as a summary bio, this is the best!
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outstanding sidemen, organized his first band, featured sidemen, organized his band, famous sidemen, penning tunes, various sidemen, various dance bands, band disbanded, various local bands, various radio shows, ghost band, first big band, various radio programs, own big band, many famous musicians, first orchestra, theater bands, territory band, commercial band Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Benny Goodman, New Jersey, Victor Records, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Kansas City, San Francisco, Jimmy Dorsey, West Coast, Artie Shaw, Columbia Records, Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, Decca Records, Louis Armstrong, Las Vegas, Bing Crosby, Gene Krupa, Bob Crosby, World War, Woody Herman, Joe Venuti Browse Sample Pages:
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outstanding sidemen, organized his first band, featured sidemen, organized his band, famous sidemen, penning tunes, various sidemen, various dance bands, band disbanded, various local bands, various radio shows, ghost band, first big band, various radio programs, own big band, many famous musicians, first orchestra, theater bands, territory band, commercial band Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Benny Goodman, New Jersey, Victor Records, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Kansas City, San Francisco, Jimmy Dorsey, West Coast, Artie Shaw, Columbia Records, Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, Decca Records, Louis Armstrong, Las Vegas, Bing Crosby, Gene Krupa, Bob Crosby, World War, Woody Herman, Joe Venuti Browse Sample Pages:
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