The Big Band Reader
Subtitle: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: May 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780789009159
Subjects: Jazz; Music/Songbooks; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Music; Swing (Music); Musical Instruments - General; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Songbooks - Orchestral; Big band music; History and criticism
First sentence: By a lucky accident, the chronicling of big band numbers in this volume begins with "Begin the Beguine."