MORE DIALOGUES IN SWING: Intimate Conversations with the Stars of the Big Band Era. Foreword by Jo Stafford and Paul Weston

Hall, Fred

ISBN 10: 093479331X / ISBN 13: 9780934793315

Published by Pathfinder, Ventura, CA, 1991

About this Item

pp: viii, 231; illus from photographs. Includes conversations with Teddy Wilson, Johnny Green, Harry James, Les Brown, Count Basie musicians, Alvino Rey, and others. 8.75" x 5.5".

Seller Inventory # BOOKS019044I

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MORE DIALOGUES IN SWING: Intimate Conversations with the Stars of the Big Band Era. Foreword by Jo Stafford and Paul Weston
• Publisher: Pathfinder, Ventura, CA
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093479331X
• ISBN 13: 9780934793315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Jazz

About this title

Synopsis

An encore to Dialogues in Swing, these stories and photos of “the Golden Age Of Swingâ feature Kay Starr, Steve Allen, Helen O'Connell, Harry James, and more.

Reviews

Hall, host of the syndicated radio show Swing Thing , presents transcripts of recent interviews with singers, instrumentalists, and band leaders associated with the Big Band era--figures such as Les Brown, Tony Bennett, and Alvino Rey. Although discussions with Steve Allen, "Sweets" Edison, and Teddy Wilson provide substantial information, the interviews generally suffer from a lack of editing and uneven quality. For example, interviewee Harry James responds with noncommittal one-liners and Kay Starr discusses her weight problems. Because of the small talk and lack of new information, this is not an important title. Better are Gunther Schuller's The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1933-1945 ( LJ 1/89) and Albert McCarthy's Big Band Jazz ( LJ 8/74).
-Paul Baker, CUNA Inc., Madison, Wis.
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