Swing to Bop An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940S

Ira Gitler

(31 Dec 1985)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Over a ten-year period, Ira Gitler interviewed more than fifty of the major figures in jazz history to preserve for posterity their recollections of how jazz moved from the big band era in the late 1930s and 1940s into the modern jazz period. The musicians interviewed recreate their own experiences and also evoke the legendary figures of bop who were especially influential in its development but were rarely or never recorded, people like Clyde Hart and Freddie Webster.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195036640
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	31 Dec 1985
DEWEY:	785.420973
DEWEY edition:	19
Number of pages:	331
Weight:	640g
Height:	240mm
Width:	160mm
Spine width:	31mm