Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz

by Alex Stewart

The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz musicians know, even though big bands lost the spotlight once the bebop era began, they never really disappeared. Making the Scene challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the vital role of big bands in the ongoing development of jazz. Alex Stewart describes how jazz musicians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520249542
• ISBN13: 9780520249547
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"