Title: Swing legacy /
Authors: Deffaa, Chip,; Rutgers University.
Date: 1989
Publisher: Scarecrow Press ;
Physical description: xi, 379 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: M
Contents: Introduction : the swing tradition -- Artie Shaw -- back with the big band at 75 -- Chris Griffiin : trumpeting in the Benny Goodman Band -- Buck Clayton : from China to Basie, and beyond -- Johnny Blowers : experience counts -- Maxine Sullivan : more than "Loch Lomond" -- John Williams, Jr. : still counting his blessings -- Maurice Purtill : "'Nostalgia' is a very dirty word-- " -- Lee Castle : part one, a trumpeter for St. Anthony -- Lee Castle : part two, "the third Dorsey" -- Panama Francis : from swing to rock 'n' roll, and back -- Stéphane Grappelli : Parisian swing -- Mel Tormé : "I wanted to be a big band leader-- " -- Harold Ashby : remembering Duke and Ben -- Remembering Count Basie -- Thad Jones : straight-ahead with the Count Basie Orchestra -- The Basie Band after Basie -- Frank Foster : back home with the Basie Band -- Mercer Ellington : Pop left him Harry, Cootie, and a few scraps of paper -- Warren Vaché Jr. : a hot cornet for today -- Scott Hamilton : expanding the tradition -- Woody Herman : 50 years of leading the Herd.