(Paperback)

A fascinating portrait of one of America's greatest composer-performers in his own words and the words of the musicians he played with.

(Paperback)

Now available for a new generation of swing enthusiasts, reissued to coincide with the release of "The World of Swing" CD from Columbia/Legacy, this monumental history of big band jazz, documented through interviews with forty leading musicians, has been updated with a new introduction and discography by Dan Morgenstern.