Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s
by Ira Gitler
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Author: Ira GitlerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987-05-28
ISBN: 0195050703
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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If you enjoy this book, as I know you will (read the reviews!), you must also read "The Jazz Word" by Dom Cerulli et al (1960), available from Amazon.
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