The jazz decade saw the emergence of many of the great figures who defined the music for the world: Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Fletcher Henderson,these giants set the standards for blues singing, big band arrangements, and solo improvisation that are the foundations for jazz. Richard Hadlock has chapters on each, with a discography and descriptions of all the players who made the'20s swing.
| ISBN: | 9780306803284 |
| Publication date: | 22nd August 1988 |
| Author: | Richard Hadlock |
| Publisher: | Da Capo Press an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | A Da Capo Paperback |
| Genres: |
Music |