The big band almanac
Leo Walker (Author)
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 on glorious era of jazz and popular music. Forewords by Les Brown and Harry James, an index with more than 6,000 names, bracket a book that should be part of any music library
Print Book, English, 1989
Revised edition, paperback edition
Da Capo Press, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1989