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Benny Goodman and the Swing Era / James Lincoln Collier.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML422.G65 C6 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-2024
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
- Goodman, Benny.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Jazz.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- This is the story of Goodman's life as seen through the music and social world of the Great Depression in the 1930s and beyond. Collier chronicles the rise and success of Goodman and his band against the social milieu and popular music of the time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Discography: page 387.
- ISBN:
- 0195052781
- OCLC:
- 19971724
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