The "International Sweethearts of Rhythm"

ISBN: 9780810831605

作者: D·Antoinette Handy

出版社: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

出版年: 1998-10

页数: 240

定价: $ 49.72

装帧: Pap

内容简介

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, has earned a reputation as the 'best all-women's swing band ever to perform.' This revised and updated edition provides fascinating reading for jazz enthusiasts and students of American history, music, and women's history. It is the most comprehensive and objective history of the band to date. Handy documents all sides of the band's controversial story and interviews members of the band. She updates the careers of band members who remained in the music business. Accompanied by an extensive bibliography and many photographs.