Benny Goodman: Wrappin' It Up presents swing fans, jazz scholars, and collectors with newly discovered recordings, broadcasts, and engagements of the famed clarinetist unearthed since Connor's Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy (Scarecrow, 1988). The listings of hundreds of previously unknown recordings will delight collectors, while jazz fans will enjoy Connor's intimate recollections of his friendship with Goodman, which bring a human dimension to an artist often known only for his music. Scholars will treasure the treatise on Goodman's arrangements now in the collections at the New York Public Library and Yale University. Wrappin' It Up also contains 28 rare photographs, many never published before, that span Goodman's career in both the recording and movie studio as well as a unique section covering over three hundred previously unknown broadcast recordings from 1935 to 1943. Also included are current prices for Goodman memorabilia, a schedule of Goodman's film and television appearances available on video, a necrology of Goodman's sidemen and associates, and indexes.
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Obviously an indispensable tool for Goodman collectors...should also be of value to those wishing to increase their knowledge of classic swing recordings and the men who make them. (Jazztimes )
This meticulously researched work, laced with historically relevant and often humorous anecdotes, makes an important contribution to the history of 20th-century America's music and culture. All collections. (Choice )
...choc-full of data...a gem that all Goodman fans will want to have and keep. (Big Bands International )
Of interest to jazz scholars and swing fans is a list of newly discovered broadcast recordings on acetate and tape. Interesting and highly readable anecdotes and additional recollections are scattered throughout the text. (Arba )
This meticulously researched work, laced with historically relevant and often humorous anecdotes, makes an important contribution to the history of 20th-century America's music and culture. All collections. (Choice )
...choc-full of data...a gem that all Goodman fans will want to have and keep. (Big Bands International )
Of interest to jazz scholars and swing fans is a list of newly discovered broadcast recordings on acetate and tape. Interesting and highly readable anecdotes and additional recollections are scattered throughout the text. (Arba )
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D. Russell Connor is the preeminent Goodman bio-discographer.
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An incredible book. One of the most outstanding it it's kind. Mr. Connor really knows what he's talking about and has been the nr.1 Benny Goodman-expert for at least 40 years.No Goodman-fan should live without it. I recommend this book and give it 10 stars J.J.Gjedsted
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