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The uncrowned king of swing: Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz

Jeffrey Magee
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface: Crossing the Tracks in Cuthbert (page ix)
  • Introduction: Out of the Jazz Tradition (page 1)
  • 1. A New Negro from the Old South (page 12)
  • 2. The "Paul Whiteman of the Race" (page 27)
  • 3. Inside the Strain: The Advent of Don Redman (page 39)
  • 4. A New Orleans Trumpeter in a New York Band (page 72)
  • 5. A Paradox of the Race? (page 97)
  • 6. Beyond the Ballroom (page 120)
  • 7. Connie's Inn Orchestra (page 136)
  • 8. Playing in the Mud (page 166)
  • 9. Building the Kingdom of Swing (page 189)
  • 10. Never Say "Never Again" (page 233)
  • Appendix: Fletcher Henderson's Arrangements for Benny Goodman (page 245)
  • Notes (page 273)
  • Bibliography (page 293)
  • Discography (page 301)
  • Acknowledgments (page 305)
  • Credits (page 309)
  • Index (page 311)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
RKHS 105.3 (Summer 2007): 530-531 http://www.jstor.org/stable/23388730
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Published: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780195090222 (hardcover)
  • 9780190282363 (ebook)
  • 9780195340655 (paper)
Subject
  • Music & Musicology
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