Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s

by Ira Gitler

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This indispensable book brings us face to face with some of the most memorable figures in jazz history and charts the rise and development of bop in the late 1930s and '40s. Ira Gitler interviewed more than 50 leading jazz figures, over a 10-year period, to preserve for posterity their recollections of the transition in jazz from the big band era to the modern jazz period. The musicians interviewed, including both the acclaimed and the unrecorded,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195050703

ISBN13:9780195050707

Release Date:May 1987

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"

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20th Century African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Chamber Music History History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks

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