The uncrowned king of swing
Subtitle: Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz
By: Jeffrey Magee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Henderson, Fletcher, -- 1897-1952; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: "Fletcher Henderson's arrangements for Benny Goodman": p. [245]-271

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-300), discography (p. [301]-303), and index
Table of contents: title: Out of the jazz tradition; title: A new Negro from the old South; title: The "Paul Whiteman of the race"; title: Inside the strain : the advent of Don Redman; title: A New Orleans trumpeter in a New York band; title: A paradox of the race?; title: Beyond the ballroom; title: Connie's Inn orchestra; title: Playing in the mud; title: Building the kingdom of swing; title: Never say "never again"