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Swingin' the Dream : Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture
Swingin' the Dream Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture
Author: Lewis A. Erenberg
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226215167
ISBN-10: 0226215164
Publication Date: 5/13/1998
Pages: 344
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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