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The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
The Ladies' Jazz Band from Piney Woods Country Life School
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1998
Summary
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.
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Edition
1/1998
Copyright Year
1998
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-3160-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-2359-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
225
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Preface to Revised Edition No access
Preface No access
Foreword No access
1. Prologue No access Pages 1 - 30
2. Historical Overview No access Pages 31 - 66
3. Piney Woods Country Life School No access Pages 67 - 94
4. The Sweethearts' Early Years No access Pages 95 - 130
5. In the Big Time No access Pages 131 - 172
6. Epilogue No access Pages 173 - 194
Appendix A: The Black Woman in History No access Pages 195 - 196
