Benny Goodman and the Swing Era
This is the story of Goodman's life as seen through the music and social world of the Great Depression in the 1930s and beyond. Collier chronicles the rise and success of Goodman and his band against the social milieu and popular music of the time.
This is the story of Goodman's life as seen through the music and social world of the Great Depression in the 1930s and beyond. Collier chronicles the rise and success of Goodman and his band against the social milieu and popular music of the time.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780195052787 (0195052781)
Publish date: October 26th 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
In the past month, I've read three biographies about musicians; one on Leonard Cohen, punk rocker Ricard Hell's autobiography, and now this excellent biography on Jazz musician Benny Goodman. I must say it is a pleasure to read a biography that is more about the actual music than who the musician sl...
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