Download or read book The Big Band Reader written by William Emmett Studwell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller were musical masters of their eras, enchanting and romancing audiences with their timeless classics. Relive these wonderful songs and memories through The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles, a unique and exciting collection of over 140 songs from over 70 bands that are categorized by themes, preferred numbers, and top songs! Paying tribute to better known swing bands, sweet bands (ensembles favoring softer, more sentimental numbers), and some unheralded bands (good ensembles that did not receive much attention or did not have a well-known leader), this book contains up to four essays relating to specific groups and their popular hits, giving readers historical and informative facts about the songs and the people who performed them.

Download or read book The Easy Standards Fake Book Songbook written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). 100 essential standards, in larger-than-usual fake book notation with lyrics and simplified harmonies and melodies. Includes: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * C-Jam Blues * Caravan * The Girl from Ipanema * Have You Met Miss Jones? * I Get Along Without You Very Well * I'll Take Romance * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * The Lady Is a Tramp * Nancy * The Nearness of You * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * One Note Samba * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars * So Nice (Summer Samba) * The Way You Look Tonight * and more.

Download or read book World s Greatest Hits of the Swing Era from 1920 to 1939 written by Jim Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swing that Modern Sound written by Kenneth J. Bindas and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go. Throughout the nation swing re-sounded with the spirit of good times. But this pop genre, for a decade America's favorite, arose during the worst of times, the Great Depression. From its peak in the 1930s until bebop, r & b, and country swamped it after World War II, swing defined an American generation and measured America's musical heartbeat. In its heyday swing reached a mass audience of very disparate individuals and united them. They perceived in the tempers and tempos of swing the very definition of modernity. A survey of the thirties reveals that the time was indeed the Swing Era, America's segue into modernity. What social structures encouraged swing's creation, acceptance, and popularity? Swing, That Modern Sound examines the cultural and historical significance of swing and tells how and why it achieved its audience, unified its fans, defined its generation, and, after World War II, fell into decline. What fed the music? And, in turn, what did the music feed? This book shows that swing manifested the kind of up-to-date allure that the populace craved. Swing sounded modern, happy, optimistic. It flouted the hardship signals of the Great Depression. The key to its rise and appeal, this book argues, was its all-out appropriation of modernity--consumer advertising, the language and symbols of consumption, and the public's all-too-evident wish for goods during a period of scarcity. As it examines the role of race, class, and gender in the creation of this modern music, Swing, That Modern Sound tells how a music genre came to symbolize the cultural revolution taking place in America. Kenneth J. Bindas is an associate professor of history at Kent State University, Trumbull Campus, in Warren, Ohio. He is the author of All of This Music Belongs to the Nation: The WPA's Federal Music Project and American Society, 1935--1939.

Download or read book 200 of the Best Songs from Swing Era written by Rob DuBoff and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). A great fake book with 200 songs, including: April in Paris * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * Bewitched * Candy * Caravan * Cherokee * Darn That Dream * A Fine Romance * Heart and Soul * I'll Be Seeing You * I'll Walk Alone * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * It's Only a Paper Moon * Marie * Moonlight in Vermont * My Funny Valentine * The Nearness of You * Pennies from Heaven * Prelude to a Kiss * Sentimental Journey * Stompin' at the Savoy * Stormy Weather * A String of Pearls * Take the "A" Train * Tuxedo Junction * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * more!

Download or read book Swing Era Hits written by Lee Evans and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 piano solo arrangements: Cheek to Cheek * Darn That Dream * Everything Happens to Me * I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart * Jitterbug Waltz * Prelude to a Kiss * and more.

Download or read book Simon Says written by George T. Simon and published by New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House. This book was released on 1971 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Swing Era written by Gunther Schuller and published by History of Jazz. This book was released on 1989 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the period in American musical history from 1930 to 1945 when jazz was synonymous with America's popular music.

Download or read book World s Greatest Hits of the 20s 30s written by Jim Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1982* with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book And They Called It Swing Its History The Bands Its Legacy written by Oren Freshour and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's History, The Bands, It's Legacy In this book the author gives the complete history of Swing music and Big Bands from it's beginning to it‘s place in the world today. It tells where it began. When it began. How it spread and grew to become America's number one popular music in the 1930’s and 40’s. The names and dates of the originators, the players, the bands, the composers, the arrangers, the side men, the hit songs, they are all here. It tells the story of Swing music’s role in radio, and the history of disc jockeys. It tells how Swing music helped the recording industry and how records helped the success of name bands. The book also explains Swing’s affect on the nation during it’s years of popularity. It tells how during the time of segregation, the youth of America cared little about the color of Swing bands and their musicians. It tells how during the great depression, the youth of that period became crazed with Swing similar to how Rock and Roll swept the youth during the 1960’s. It tells how those same young people, who would later be called the Greatest Generation, spread the music around the world while fighting WWII. It tells how and when Swing broke the color barrier in music despite living in a nation of segregation. Swing and Swing bands were instrumental in proving segregation had no place in popular music long before the laws of social justice came into being. The reader who loves music and/or history will find this book informative as well as entertaining. Enjoy.

Download or read book Hell of a Hat written by Kenneth Partridge and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late ’90s, third-wave ska broke across the American alternative music scene like a tsunami. In sweaty clubs across the nation, kids danced themselves dehydrated to the peppy rhythms and punchy horns of bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. As ska caught fire, a swing revival brought even more sharp-dressed, brass-packing bands to national attention. Hell of a Hat dives deep into this unique musical moment. Prior to invading the Billboard charts and MTV, ska thrived from Orange County, California, to NYC, where Moon Ska Records had eager rude girls and boys snapping up every release. On the swing tip, retro pioneers like Royal Crown Revue had fans doing the jump, jive, and wail long before The Brian Setzer Orchestra resurrected the Louis Prima joint. Drawing on interviews with heavyweights like the Bosstones, Sublime, Less Than Jake, and Cherry Poppin' Daddies—as well as underground heroes like Mustard Plug, The Slackers, Hepcat, and The New Morty Show—Kenneth Partridge argues that the relative economic prosperity and general optimism of the late ’90s created the perfect environment for fast, danceable music that—with some notable exceptions—tended to avoid political commentary. An homage to a time when plaids and skankin’ were king and doing the jitterbug in your best suit was so money, Hell of a Hat is an inside look at ’90s ska, swing, and the loud noises of an era when America was dreaming and didn’t even know it.

Download or read book Great Songs of the Century Series Swing and the Big Band Era written by Alfred Publishing and published by Alfred Publishing Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1984-03-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great music of the swing era including: Begin the Beguine * Dancing in the Dark * Secret Love * Avalon * Thou Swell * Body and Soul * Jersey Bounce * Limehouse Blues and many more -- 66 fabulous songs in all!

Download or read book Swingin the Dream written by Lewis A. Erenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-09-08 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s, swing bands combined jazz and popular music to create large-scale dreams for the Depression generation, capturing the imagination of America's young people, music critics, and the music business. Swingin' the Dream explores that world, looking at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the nation and has kept people dancing ever since. "Swingin' the Dream is an intelligent, provocative study of the big band era, chiefly during its golden hours in the 1930s; not merely does Lewis A. Erenberg give the music its full due, but he places it in a larger context and makes, for the most part, a plausible case for its importance."—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World "An absorbing read for fans and an insightful view of the impact of an important homegrown art form."—Publishers Weekly "[A] fascinating celebration of the decade or so in which American popular music basked in the sunlight of a seemingly endless high noon."—Tony Russell, Times Literary Supplement

Download or read book Just for Fun Swing Jazz Mandolin written by Alfred Music and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just for Fun: Swing Jazz Mandolin is designed for your total enjoyment. Each featured song is arranged in the authentic early jazz-era style, simplified just enough to keep it fun and easy, yet musically very satisfying. Standard notation, TAB, chords, lyrics, and a chord dictionary are included. Plus, guitar, ukulele, and banjo books with matching arrangements are available---just for fun! Titles: *Ain't Misbehavin' *Blue Moon *Bye Bye Blackbird *Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue *I'll See You in My Dreams *I'm in the Mood for Love *It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) *Makin' Whoopee *More Than You Know *Singin' in the Rain *Stars Fell on Alabama *When You're Smiling

Download or read book The Later Swing Era 1942 to 1955 written by Lawrence McClellan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's Retro Swing bands, like the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, all owe their inspiration to the original masters of Swing. This rich reference details the oeuvre of the leading Swing musicians from the WWII and post-WWII years. Chapters on the masters of Swing (Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Billy Strayhorn), the legendary Big Band leaders (such as Les Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Vaughan Monroe, etc.), vocalists (including Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington), and Small Groups (Louis Jordan, Art Tatum, Charlie Ventura, etc.) introduce these timeless musicians to a new generation of musicians and music fans. An opening chapter recounts how the cultural changes during the war and postwar years affected performers-especially women and African-Americans-and an A-to-Z appendix provides synopses of almost 700 entrants, including related musicians and famous venues. A bibliography and subject index provide additional tools for those researching Swing music and its many roles in mid-century American culture. This volume is a perfect sequel to Dave Oliphant's The Early Swing Era: 1930 to 1941. Together, these books provide the perfect reference guide to an enduring form of American music.

Download or read book How Music Really Works written by Wayne Chase and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Early Swing Era 1930 to 1941 written by Dave Oliphant and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early swing era of jazz, from 1930 to 1941, represents both an extension of developments of the previous decade and an introduction of new tendencies that influenced subsequent periods of jazz history. Major big bands and individual artists established important styles that brought wide popularity to the music, while small groups created innovative approaches that determined the directions jazz would take in the years to come. This was a time marked by colorful band leaders, flashy instrumental soloists, showy orchestras, and engaging singers, and Oliphant's reference guide to this period is an invaluable source of information on its artists, methods, innovations, and recordings. Directing readers to outstanding performances available on compact disc, it serves not only as a scholarly historical and cultural overview, but also as a helpful guide for the layman. Organized in a biographical format, the volume discusses many individuals and groups that have not been considered so fully before, and provides a critical assessment of a major period in American music.