The Big Band Almanac

Walker, Leo

ISBN 10: 0378019910 / ISBN 13: 9780378019910

Published by W. Ritchie Press, 1978

About this Item

pp.466 with index. clean tight copy except for page 365-366 torn out but still there. corners show creases and rubbing with rubbing to all edges and down spine hinges. good reference/reading copy Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 009714

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Big Band Almanac
• Publisher: W. Ritchie Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0378019910
• ISBN 13: 9780378019910
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Near Poor
• Seller catalogs:
  • MUSIC

About this title

Synopsis

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 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.

About the Author

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.