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The uncrowned king of swing : Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz / Jeffrey Magee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magee, Jeffrey, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952.
- Henderson, Fletcher.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Other Title:
- Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952) is a major figure in the history of jazz. This volume is the first interpretive study of his music & career.
- Contents:
- Out of the jazz tradition
- A new Negro from the old South
- The "Paul Whiteman of the race"
- Inside the strain : the advent of Don Redman
- A New Orleans trumpeter in a New York band
- A paradox of the race?
- Beyond the ballroom
- Connie's Inn orchestra
- Playing in the mud
- Building the kingdom of swing
- Never say "Never again".
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- "Henderson's arrangements for Benny Goodman": p. [245]-271.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-300), discography (p. [301]-303), and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028236-3
- 0-19-534065-5
- 1-280-52659-9
- 9786610526598
- 0-19-535814-7
- 1-4294-0368-3
- OCLC:
- 780585371
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31677 hdl
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