John Wriggle

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Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing EraHardcover, 1 August 2016

Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era
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Part of Series
Music in American Life
Part of Series
Music in American Life (Hardcover)
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Date Published
1 Aug 2016
ISBN-10
0252040406
ISBN-13
9780252040405

Description

Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture.

Blue Rhythm Fantasy traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet--a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others--to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times Square. Wriggle's insightful music analyses of big band arranging techniques explore representations of cultural modernism, discourses on art and commercialism, conceptions of race and cultural identity, music industry marketing strategies, and stage entertainment variety genres.

Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in the African American press, and interviews with participants, Blue Rhythm Fantasy is a long-overdue study of the arranger during this dynamic era of American music history.

Product Details

Author:
John Wriggle
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 August 2016
Dimensions:
23.62 x 16 x 2.79 cm
Genre:
African American
ISBN-10:
0252040406
ISBN-13:
9780252040405
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Weight:
589.67 gm

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