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Swing, Swing, Swing: Life and Times of Benny Goodman by Ross Firestone (Hardcover, 1993)
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Swing music has for so long been synonymous with the standards and mainstream that people have forgotten how innovative and controversial the form was. The hot world of Swing, spearheaded in the 1930s by the Benny Goodman Orchestra, elicited the kind of popular passion, social uproar, and critical backlash that can only be compared, in later generations, to that of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Ross Fireston's new biography of this difficult, brilliant man establishes Benny Goodman's position as one of the seminal influences in 20th-century popular music. It features the sounds and stories, the life and the times of one described as the greatest jazz clarinetist ever, tracing a career that spanned six decades. The world's first racially-integrated band, the dancing in the aisles shows at the Paramount, the whirlwind trans-American trips, the historic 1962 tour of Russia and the classical performances at Carnegie Hall, are all captured in the words of the players and managers and fans who witnessed them. Ross Firestone is the co-author of Going my own Way , the life of Gary Crosby, and of Postcards from the Road , the life of Elizabeth Ashley.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139780340430415
eBay Product ID (ePID)86868634
Product Key Features
Book TitleSwing, Swing, Swing: Life and Times of Benny Goodman
AuthorRoss Firestone
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year1993
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height165mm
Item Width242mm
Item Weight941g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorRoss Firestone
Series TitleTeach Yourself
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 15 Sep, 2021
An excellent account of the life of BG.
Very well written and so full of detail - compelling reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
