THE SWING ERA-The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945-GUNTHER SCHULLER-Superb 1st OOP

Description: Hi! You're looking at a SUPERB condition book which is a definitive study of The Swing Era in jazz, dominated by the Big Bands of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Jimmie Lunceford, Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, Glenn Miller, and others written by author and musician GUNTHER SCHULLER--the book is a FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING softcover copy. This book is in SUPERB condition and has slight dings on the spine tips, front opening tips, and lower left tip of the back surface, a few slight scuffs on the lower page edge and just slight shelfwear and very light evidence of gentle browsing but NO other significant imperfections! The book is titled The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 and it was written by GUNTHER SCHULLER; it was published by Oxford University Press in 1991 and is a STATED 1st EDITION and 1st PRINTING with a publication line reading 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1.Here is the book jazz lovers have eagerly awaited, the second volume of Gunther Schuller's monumental The History of Jazz. When the first volume, Early Jazz, appeared two decades ago, it immediately established itself as one of the seminal works on American music. Nat Hentoff called it "a remarkable breakthrough in musical analysis of jazz," and Frank Conroy, in The New York Times Book Review, praised it as "definitive.... A remarkable book by any standard...unparalleled in the literature of jazz." It has been universally recognized as the basic musical analysis of jazz from its beginnings until 1933. The Swing Era focuses on that extraordinary period in American musical history--1933 to 1945--when jazz was synonymous with America's popular music, its social dances and musical entertainment. The book's thorough scholarship, critical perceptions, and great love and respect for jazz puts this well-remembered era of American music into new and revealing perspective. It examines how the arrangements of Fletcher Henderson and Eddie Sauter--whom Schuller equates with Richard Strauss as "a master of harmonic modulation"--contributed to Benny Goodman's finest work...how Duke Ellingtonp used the highly individualistic trombone trio of Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Juan Tizol, and Lawrence Brown to enrich his elegant compositions...how Billie Holiday developed her horn-like instrumental approach to singing...and how the seminal compositions and arrangements of the long-forgotten John Nesbitt helped shape Swing Era styles through their influence on Gene Gifford and the famous Casa LomaOrchestra. Schuller also provides serious reappraisals of such often neglected jazz figures as Cab Calloway, Henry "Red" Allen, Horace Henderson, Pee Wee Russell, and Joe Mooney.Much of the book's focus is on the famous swing bands of the time, which were the essence of the Swing Era. There are the great black bands--Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Earl Hines, Andy Kirk, and the often superb but little known "territory bands"--and popular white bands like Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and Woody Herman, plus the first serious critical assessment of that most famous of Swing Era bandleaders, Glenn Miller, and a major critical reappraisal of Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge, referred to by Schuller as "the apotheosis of swing, the quintessence of musical innovation, and second only to Ellington in terms of its rightful place in the Big Band Firmament." There are incisive portraits of the great musical soloists--such as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, and Jack Teagarden--and such singers as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, and Helen Forest.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book! Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!

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Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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