The Big Band Almanac by Walker, Leo

The Big Band Almanac (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306803451)

Vendor: Leo Walker
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$29.99
$29.99
$29.99
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The Big Band Almanac by Walker, Leo

The Big Band Almanac

$29.99
The Big Band Almanac by Walker, Leo

The Big Band Almanac

$29.99
Format: Paperback
Description
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With more than 500 pictures, and extensive entries on more than 350 orchestras, this complete coverage of black and white bands--from the almost-forgotten to Basie, Ellington, Miller, Shaw, and Dorsey--will prompt memories and establish important facts about a glorious era of jazz and popular music. Forewords by Les Brown and Harry James and an index with more than 6,000 names bracket a book that should be part of any music library.

Author: Leo Walker
ISBN-10: 0306803453
ISBN-13: 9780306803451
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 03/22/1989
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 10.50h x 6.53w x 1.09d
By Leo Walker
By Leo Walker
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Leo Walker played trumpet in several Midwest territory bands of the '30s. For ten years he operated his own booking agency in Hollywood where he specialized in handling big bands. A former president of the Hollywood Press Club, he is the author of The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands and founder of the Big Band Academy of America.

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