Swing Street: The Rise and Fall of New York's 52nd Street Jazz Scene: An Illustrated Tribute, 1930-1950

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27192823465
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25.99
book_author_name: 
Leo T. Sullivan
book_type: 
Hardback
publisher: 
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
published_date: 
05/09/2020
isbn: 
9780764359736
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Books > Entertainment > Music > Musical styles & genres > Jazz
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Leo T. Sullivan|Hardback|Schiffer Publishing Ltd|05/09/2020
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9780764359736
Book Description: 
Swing Street was the name given to 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan in New York City, where there were more jazz clubs and bars per square block than anywhere else in the world, all showcasing the finest jazz musicians of the era. This illustrated book offers a history of Swing Street and presents the greats who played the clubs there in capsule biographies, vintage photos, and rare memorabilia. On Swing Street you were guaranteed to experience an evening of unforgettable jazz on a nightly basis, seven nights a week, until the wee hours of the morning; stopping into Club Downbeat to catch a set of Billie Holiday, or dropping by the Three Deuces to hear Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing bebop. On any given night you could hear other iconic jazz artists such as Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Art Tatum, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and many others.

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