Making the Scene
Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz
by Alex Stewart
398 pages· 2007· ISBN 9780520249530
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Challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the role of big bands in the development of jazz. This book describes how jazz musicians found big bands valuable. It explores the rehearsal band scene in New York and rise of orchestras. It combines historical research, ethnography, and participant observation with musical analysis.
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