Softback
466 pages
Da Capo Press
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 on a glorious era of jazz and popular music. Forewards by Les Brown and Harry James, and an index with more than 6,000 names.
