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Faces in the crowd : players and writers / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Satchmo's nursery [Louis Armstrong] ; King of the Savoy [Chick Webb] ; The mirror of swing [Benny Goodman] ; Ghost stories [Larry Adler] ; The wizard of bop [Frank Morgan] ; Of Thad and Mel [Thad Jones and Mel Lewis] ; Juilliard dropout makes good [Miles Davis] ; Giant walks the earth [ Sonny Rollins] ; Dizzy like a fox [Dizzy Gillespie] ; Writers. …”

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When swing was the thing : personality profiles of the big band era / by Tumpak, John R., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Part one : the band leaders. Van Alexander ; Benny Goodman ; Horace Heidt ; John Kirby ; Kay Kyser ; Billy May ; Ray McKinley ; Alvino Rey and the King Sisters ; Jan Savitt ; Artie Shaw ; Orrin Tucker ; Chick Webb and Mario Bauza ; Gerald Wilson -- Part two : the musicians. …”
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