Benny Goodman and the Swing Era / by Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

Table of Contents: “…The family -- The musical apprentice -- The rise of the American dance band -- Pollack Orchestra -- Influences on Goodman -- First recordings -- The Free Lance -- Enter John Hammond -- The Free-Lance recordings -- Goodman forms a band -- First Victor records -- Making it at the Palomar -- Finally, success -- Swing-band phenomenon -- The Victor classics -- The star -- Famous Carnegie Hall Concert -- The Carnegie Hall band -- The first small-group recordings -- The Columbia Band -- The first Columbia recordings -- The Sextet -- Marriage and family -- An era ends -- Bop band -- Classical Goodman -- The last bands -- The legacy of Benny Goodman -- Selected discography.…”


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Cuttin' up : how early jazz got America's ear by Carney, Court

Table of Contents: “…An American music -- Conclusion: "Twenty Years of Jazz" : Benny Goodman and Jelly Roll Morton, 1938.…”


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Swingin' the dream : big band jazz and the rebirth of American culture by Erenberg, Lewis A., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Just one more chance: the fall of the Jazz Age and the rise of Swing, 1929-1935 -- The crowd goes wild: the youth culture of Swing -- Swing is here: Benny Goodman and the triumph of American music -- News from the great wide world: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Black Swing bands -- Swing left: the politics of race and culture in the Swing era -- The city of Swing: New York and the dance band business in Black and White -- Swing goes to war: Glenn Miller and the popular music of World War II -- The war in jazz -- Coda and conclusion: Red scares and head scares.…”


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The swing era : the development of jazz, 1930-1945 by Schuller, Gunther

Table of Contents: “…The "king" of swing -- Benny Goodman -- Duke Ellington : master composer -- Louis Armstrong -- The quintessence of swing. …”


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It's not all song and dance : a life behind the scenes in the performing arts by Gershunoff, Maxim

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Swing legacy by Deffaa, Chip, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the swing tradition -- Artie Shaw -- back with the big band at 75 -- Chris Griffiin : trumpeting in the Benny Goodman Band -- Buck Clayton : from China to Basie, and beyond -- Johnny Blowers : experience counts -- Maxine Sullivan : more than "Loch Lomond" -- John Williams, Jr. : still counting his blessings -- Maurice Purtill : "'Nostalgia' is a very dirty word-- " -- Lee Castle : part one, a trumpeter for St. …”


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Swing era scrapbook : the teenage diaries & radio logs of Bob Inman, 1936-1938 by Inman, Bob, 1920-

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Jazz : a regional exploration by Yanow, Scott

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Since yesterday : the nineteen-thirties in America, September 3, 1929-September 3, 1939 by Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954

Table of Contents: “…With pen and camera through darkest America -- Cocktail party, 1935 -- "Tobacco Road" and best sellers -- Social salvationists writing -- The Communists -- Candid camera -- Benny Goodman and Bach -- You can't say that -- Hollywood heaven -- XI. …”


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Jazz : a history by Tirro, Frank

Table of Contents: “…The swing era : The King of Swing -- Benny Goodman ; Musical characteristics ; Art Tatum ; Gene Krupa ; Charlie Christian ; Coleman Hawkins ; The basic band ; Prez ; Lionel Hampton ; Territory bands ; Duke ; Glenn Miller ; World War II ; Post-war swing -- 10. …”


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The creation of jazz : music, race, and culture in urban America by Peretti, Burton W. (Burton William), 1961-

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How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American popular music by Wald, Elijah

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The songs that fought the war : popular music and the home front, 1939-1945 by Jones, John Bush

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American datelines : major news stories from colonial times to the present

Table of Contents: “…." -- Legendary New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson attends the opening of "Porgy and Bess," George Gershwin's farewell to Broadway -- 1936 John Steinbeck, freelancing for The San Francisco News, chronicles the plight of migrant farm laborers in California -- 1938 Irving Kolodin of The New York Sun is present when jazz comes of age at the Carnegie Hall concert of the Benny Goodman Quintet -- The one-round mauling of Max Schmeling by "The Brown Bomber," Joe Louis, is reported By The New York Journal and American's Jimmy Cannon -- The San Francisco Chronicle tells of the hysteria that followed the prank broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds."…”


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