The big band almanac / by Walker, Leo

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The uncrowned king of swing : Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz / by Magee, Jeffrey, 1961-

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Rhythm is our business : Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express / by Determeyer, Eddy

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Rhythm is our business : Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express / by Determeyer, Eddy

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I remember : eighty years of black entertainment, big bands, and the blues : an autobiography / by Bernhardt, Clyde E. B.

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The world of Count Basie / by Dance, Stanley

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Louis Armstrong, an American genius / by Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

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Groovin' high : the life of Dizzy Gillespie / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…Preface; 1 The Boy from Cheraw; 2 Philadelphia and the First Bands; 3 Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes; 4 The First Records; 5 Cab Calloway and the Dawn of Bebop; 6 The Calloway Recordings; 7 Horn for Hire; 8 From Earl Hines to 52nd Street; 9 Billy Eckstine; 10 Bird, Big Band, and Berg's; 11 1945-The Records; 12 The Big Band, 1946 -- 50; 13 The Big Band Records; 14 Dee Gee, Paris, and Massey Hall; 15 International Soloist; 16 The 1950s Big Bands; 17 Gillespiana; 18 Dizzy for President; 19 Giant of Jazz; 20 Old Man Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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Follow your heart : moving with the giants of jazz, swing, and rhythm and blues / by Evans, Joe, 1916-2014

Table of Contents: “…Pensacola blues -- Music crazy -- Boy meets band -- Ma Rainey's deep South -- New York, New York -- Hootie and the Bird -- The big, big bands -- Call me "Italy" -- The end of an era -- The rhythm and blues scene -- The rise of Carnival Records -- After the Manhattans.…”
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I walked with giants : the autobiography of Jimmy Heath / by Heath, Jimmy

Table of Contents: “…Finding a rhythm : Philadelphia and Wilmington, North Carolina -- Big band connections -- Organizing and melodizing -- High note-low note : Dizzy and Miles -- Sharp dissonance to smooth harmony with Mona -- On the riverside -- Maintaining the groove -- Stretching out : jazz transitions -- Marchin' on : the Heath Brothers -- "For the public" : the Heath Brothers -- Reharmonization : Queens College -- Up tempo mode -- Aroma of the roses -- Endless stroll.…”
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Carla Bley / by Beal, Amy C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : "Like a mockingbird" -- Walking woman : Oakland, New York, Los Angeles, New York -- Sing me softly of the blues : Early short pieces and Songs without words -- Social studies : the Jazz Composers Guild and the Jazz Composers Orchestra -- "Mad at jazz" : A genuine Tong funeral -- Escalator over the hill : jazz opera as fusion -- Copyright royalties : New Music Distribution Service -- Big band theory : the Carla Bley Band and other projects -- The lone arranger : history and hilarity -- End of Vienna : fancy chamber music -- Dreams so real : "Jazz is really where my heart now lies."…”
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To be, or not ... to BOP : memoirs / by Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

Table of Contents: “…. -- Becoming me -- Glory road -- Parlez-vous -- Lorraine -- Stompin' at the Savoy -- World's Fair -- The flatted fifth -- Klook-Mop -- Hot mallets (9-11-39) -- Diz the wiz -- Wholly matrimony -- Spitball -- Minton's playhouse -- Little John special -- Pickin' the cabbage -- Incubator -- No dancing -- The Onyx -- The Downbeat -- Hepsations '45 -- Three deuces -- California -- The Spotlite (the big band, 1946) -- Beboppers, the cult -- To heaven on a mule -- Cheeks -- Chano Pozo, Afro-Cuban -- HIgh seas -- Groovin' high -- Godfather -- Headache -- Playin' it cool -- Dee Gee Records -- Machinations -- Bendin' the horn -- Bird and Diz -- School for jazz -- Changes -- World statesman -- Samba -- Higher than Ike -- Ancestry -- Striving -- Diz for president -- The cruel world -- Gettin' religion -- Dizziness -- Evolutions -- Honors -- Selected discography -- Filmography -- Honors and awards -- Index.…”

Pops : a life of Louis Armstrong / by Teachout, Terry

Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper / by Willis, Cheryl M.

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Remain in love : Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina / by Frantz, Chris, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…-- California -- From XTC to Dire Straits -- Buildings and food -- Planet Claire has big hair -- Dick and Phil -- Fear of music -- Paris to Japan -- Remain in light -- The big band -- Tom Tom Club -- Genius of love -- Burning down the house -- Life at Compass Point -- Stop making sense, please -- Little creatures and true stories -- James Brown comes to town -- Naked in Paris -- Lou Reed with Tom Tom Club at CBGB -- Happy Mondays -- Strangers in paradise -- Without adventures we won't have stories.…”

Gil Evans : out of the cool : his life and music / by Stein Crease, Stephanie

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Soul of the man : Bobby "Blue" Bland / by Farley, Charles, 1945-

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Dameronia : the life and music of Tadd Dameron / by Combs, Paul (Saxophonist)

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Straighten up and fly right : the life and music of Nat King Cole / by Friedwald, Will, 1961-

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American song / by Tick, Judith