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Author:

Stewart, Alex, 1952-

Title:

Making the scene : contemporary New York City big band jazz / Alex Stewart.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xvii, 398 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Big band music--History and criticism.
Big bands--New York.--New York.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-368), discography (p. 369-372), and index.

Contents:

New York City big band scenes -- Behind the scenes : training, rehearsals, and gigs -- The rise of repertory orchestras -- On the inside : the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra -- Making it work : leaders and musical direction -- New directions in jazz composition : three portraits -- On the edge : Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band -- "In the crack" to "totally outside" : avant-garde bands -- Jazz and clave : Latin big bands -- Going for it : all-women bands -- Blood on the fields : Wynton Marsalis and the transformation of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra -- Outro.

Series:

Roth Family Foundation Music in America imprint

ISBN:

0520249542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520249547 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520249534 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520249530 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006025497

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)