- File Size: 3902 KB
- Print Length: 240 pages
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press; Rev Sub edition (July 31, 1983)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003UNLDN2
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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