Swing, that modern sound / Kenneth J. Bindas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bindas, Kenneth J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swing (Music)--History and criticism.

Swing (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go. Throughout the nation swing re-sounded with the spirit of good times. But this pop genre, for a decade America's favorite, arose during the worst of times, the Great Depression. From its peak in the 1930s until bebop, r & b, and country swamped it after World War II, swing defined an American generation and measured America's musical heartbeat. In its heyday swing reached a mass audience of very disparate individuals and united them. They perceived in the tempers and tempos of swing the very definition of modernity. A su

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Swing Generation: What Is Swing and How Is It the Music of Its Era?; Machine-Age Music: The Connection of Swing to Modernity; Swinging the Marketplace: Advertising and Selling Swing; The American Swing Dream: The Role and Influence of Class in Swing; The Swing Stew: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender within Swing; Swing's Low: The Decline of Swing; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-198) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-43462-8

9786613434623

1-60473-676-3

OCLC:

774384461