The uncrowned king of swing : Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz /
Magee, Jeffrey,1961-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2005.
"Henderson's arrangements for Benny Goodman": p. [245]-271.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-300), discography (p. [301]-303), and index.
Out of the jazz tradition -- A new Negro from the old South -- The "Paul Whiteman of the race" -- Inside the strain : the advent of Don Redman -- A New Orleans trumpeter in a New York band -- A paradox of the race? -- Beyond the ballroom -- Connie's Inn orchestra -- Playing in the mud -- Building the kingdom of swing -- Never say "Never again".
Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952.
Jazz musicians