But through the thirties and forties , Tin Pan Alley kept turning out the nation's popular music , mainly from Broadway's Brill Building . The first few years of the Depression decade were difficult for the industry ; as mentioned ...
A look at a 1940's all-female jazz band, that originated from a boarding school in Mississippi and found its way to the most famous ballrooms in the country, offering solace during the hard years of the war.
This biography of Sun Ra is as much about the music as it is about his unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters.
Ireland in the 1960s rocked, hucklebucked and jived to the sound of the showbands.
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Glen Miller's life and the 60th anniversary of his disappearance over the English Channel in late 1944, this is the tribute book which Glenn Miller fans all over the world have been waiting for, a ...
Big Band Anecdotes and Non de Plumes; the performers real names, and much more. The book has over 300 photos, many never before published.
Jazz Ensemble: Rhythm Section