Leader of the Band
Subtitle: The Life of Woody Herman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: July 17, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780195115741
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Blues; Jazz; Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Sports; Composers & Musicians - Jazz; Genres & Styles - Jazz; History & Criticism - General; Music / Jazz; Sailing - General; 1913-1987; Biography; Herman, Woody,; Jazz music; Jazz musicians; United States
First sentence: In the glory days of the big bands, little more than the decade between 1935 and 1945, the leaders of these orchestras were public heroes.