***FRANKIE MANNING, Ambassador Of Swing, Frank Manning & Cynthia Millman (Temple University Press 2007, ISBN 978-1592135639) (Read this one first! ) ***SWINGIN' AT THE SAVOY, Norma Miller (Temple U. 1996, ISBN 1-566394-94-5) ***TOMMY DORSEY : Livin' in a Great Big Way, Peter Levinson (Da Capo Press; New Ed edition, 2006, ISBN 978-0306815027) *** THE BIG BANDS, George T. Simon (Schirmer, ISBN 0-02-872430-5) ***SWINGIN' THE DREAM, Lewis Erenberg (U. Chicago Press 1998, ISBN 0-226-21516-4) ***JAZZ DANCE, Marshall and Jean Stearns (Da Capo 1994, ISBN 0-306-80553-7) |
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***SWING: The Essential Album Guide, ed. Steve Knopper (Visible Ink Press, ISBN 1-57859-091-4) ***SWING: The New Retro Renaissance (V Search 1998, ISBN 1-889307-02-5) ***THE COTTON CLUB, Jim Haskins (New American Library 1977, ISBN 0-452-25598) ***BIG BOOK OF SWING...songs/piano acc. (Hal Leornard 1998, ISBN 0-7935-8963-0) ***JAZZ ANECDOTES Bill Crow (Oxford University Press, USA; 2Rev Ed edition (August 12, 2005) , ISBN 978-0195187953 ) (this book is hilarious! ! ! ! ) LET'S LINDY, Simon Selmon (Dance Books Ltd 1993, ISBN 1-85273-039-0) GOOD MORNING BLUES, Count Basie autobiography. (Random House 1985, ISBN 0-394-54864-7) SWING SWING SWING, Benny Goodman bio. by R. Firestone (Norton 1993, ISBN 0-393-03371-6) LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, Louis Jordan bio. by John Chilton (Quartet Books 1992, ISBN 0-7043-7025-5) |