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Author:

Korall, Burt.

Title:

Drummin' men : the heartbeat of jazz : the swing years / Burt Korall ; foreword by Mel Tormé.

Edition:

Oxford University Press pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xvi, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Percussionists--United States--Biography.
Jazz musicians--United States.--Biography.
Big bands--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-345), discography (p. 347-355), and index.

Contents:

Chick Webb (1907-1939) -- Gene Krupa (1909-1973) -- Ray McKinley (1910- ) -- Jo Jones (1911-1985) -- Sid Catlett (1910-1951) -- Dave Tough (1908-1948) -- Buddy Rich (1917-1987) -- Sonny Greer (1903-1982) -- George Wettling (1907-1968) -- Cozy Cole (1909-1981) -- Jimmy Crawford (1910-1980) -- O'Neil Spencer (1909-1944) -- Cliff Leeman (1913-1986) -- Ray Bauduc (1906-1988) -- Epilogue: Into the 1940s.

ISBN:

9780195157628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195157621 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51007959

LCCN:

2003265732

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)