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<p>Incorporating history along with the many reviews, this guide covers every era of swing music, from the classic age of Ellington, to the retro-swing of groups like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Profiles of over 500 swing musicians, arranged by specialty such as trumpeters, drummers, and vocalists, are combined with reviews of 1500 plus recordings on a 10 point scale. Yanow is a long-time writer and editor for a variety of jazz publications, including, , , and . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>The debut title in Miller Freeman's new "Third Ear" series ("designed to offer fresh perspectives on the breadth and depth of rich music genres"), this work encompasses the golden era of Swing (1935-46) in addition to the 1990s "Retro Swing" movement. Yanow, author of Duke Ellington and an editor of All Music Guide to Jazz, opted to class the more than 500 entries by musical specialty (Trumpeters, Guitarists, Female Vocalists, etc.) instead of using a straightforward A-Z organization. This approach effectively shows the threads of commonality and influence among the various performers in most of Swing's permutations. While he notes in his introduction the

Author

Yanow, Scott

Publisher

San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books ; Berkeley, CA: Distributed to the Book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West ; Milwaukee, WI: Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Pub.

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780879306434

Subjects

Music, History, Arts

Rating

3.75 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14