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Title: The Big Band Almanac by Leo Walker, Harry James, Les Brown ISBN: 0-306-80345-3 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great guide to old-fashion swing music!
Comment: The low-key, down home alternative to George Simon's often-lauded "Big Bands," this has a charming, almost DIY, quality to it. The graphic layout is pretty funky, but there are more and better photographs than in Simon's book. Also the writing is less jaded and more breathless, conveying the author's continued enthusiasm for his favorite artists of year gone by. Most significantly, Walker puts all the artists on an equal footing, listing them from A to Z, whereas Simon makes a big distinction between "major" artists, and lesser or non-swing musicians, shunting them to separate sections in the back of the book. Both books are informative, but I have more of a soft spot in my heart for this one -- I'd recommend it first!
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Title: The Big Band Era by Bob Wilder ISBN: 193085952X Publisher: Elderberry Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dialogues in Swing: Intimate Conversations With the Stars of the Big Band Era by Fred Hall, Eugene D. Wheeler ISBN: 0934793190 Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing of California Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands (A Da Capo Paperback) by Leo Walker ISBN: 0306803798 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Big Bands by George T. Simon, Ralph J. Gleason, Frank Sinatra ISBN: 0825672643 Publisher: Schirmer Books Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Swing Book by Degen Pener, Scotty Morris ISBN: 0316698024 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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