| Description |
xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint
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Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-368), discography (pages 369-372), and index. |
| Contents |
New York City big band scenes -- Behind the scenes : training, rehearsals, and gigs -- The rise of repertory orchestras -- On the inside : the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra -- Making it work : leaders and musical direction -- New directions in jazz composition : three portraits -- On the edge : Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band -- "In the crack" to "totally outside" : avant-garde bands -- Jazz and clave : Latin big bands -- Going for it : all-women bands -- Blood on the fields : Wynton Marsalis and the transformation of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra -- Outro. |
| Subject |
Big band music -- History and criticism.
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Big band music. |
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Big bands -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Big bands. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| ISBN |
9780520249530 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520249534 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520249547 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520249542 paperback alkaline paper |
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