Experiencing big band jazz
Subtitle: a listener's companion
By: Jeff Sultanof
Series: The Listener's Companion; Listener's companion
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781442242425
Subjects: Jazz; Big band music; History and criticism
Description: Jeff Sultanof takes a fresh look at big band jazz, examining why the big band era started when it did, how pop music and big bands evolved in response to one another, and the key roles played by well-known band leaders and the bands they led.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168), discography (pages 171-187), and index.
Table of contents: title: Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Timeline; title: Some technical terms; title: 1 The Earliest days; title: 2 The First era; title: 3 Interlude; title: 4 The Explosion of the swing Era; title: 5 The War and the recording ban; title: 6 The singers take over the popular music scene; title: 7 Rebirth and diversity; title: 8 Toward a concert ensemble; title: 9 Limitless possibilities; title: suggested Readings and personal interviews; title: Recorded sources and further listening; title: Name index; title: Song index; title: About the author.