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The Swing Book
Documents the history of swing music and dancing, covering the important artists, style and fashion, albums, and dance moves of swing
By Degen Pener
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Paperback:

9780316698023 | Back Bay Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Documents the history of swing music and dancing, covering the important artists, style and fashion, albums, and dance moves of swing

Miscellaneous:

9780316076678 | Back Bay Books, June 27, 2009, cover price $9.99

Swing Era Scrapbook: The Teenage Diaries & Radio Logs Of Bob Inman, 1936-1938
By Bob Inman and Ken Vail
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Hardcover:

9780810854161 | Scarecrow Pr, January 30, 2006, cover price $84.00

The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955
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Presents a history and critique of Swing music from the World War II years up to the post-World War II era, including such musicians as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, and Billie Holiday.
By Lawrence McClellan
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Hardcover:

9780313301575 | Greenwood Pub Group, August 30, 2004, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Presents a history and critique of Swing music from the World War II years up to the post-World War II era, including such musicians as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, and Billie Holiday.

This Joint Is Jumpin: The History of Swing from A-Z
By Tanja Crouch
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Hardcover:

9781575001333 | TV Books Inc, September 1, 2002, cover price $30.00

The Early Swing Era, 1930 to 1941
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Product Description: The early swing era of jazz, from 1930 to 1941, represents both an extension of developments of the previous decade and an introduction of new tendencies that influenced subsequent periods of jazz history. Major big bands and individual artists established important styles that brought wide popularity to the music, while small groups created innovative approaches that determined the directions jazz would take in the years to come...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Dave Oliphant
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Hardcover:

9780313305351 | Greenwood Pub Group, May 30, 2002, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: The early swing era of jazz, from 1930 to 1941, represents both an extension of developments of the previous decade and an introduction of new tendencies that influenced subsequent periods of jazz history.

Swing, That Modern Sound
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Product Description: It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go. Throughout the nation swing re-sounded with the spirit of good times. But this pop genre, for a decade America's favorite, arose during the worst of times, the Great Depression...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Kenneth J. Bindas
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Hardcover:

9781578063826 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 2001, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go.

Paperback:

9781578063833 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go.

Miscellaneous:

9781604736762 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, August 21, 2001, cover price $50.00

The World of Swing
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Jazz figures of the Swing Era comment on their music and eventful careers
By Stanley Dance
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Paperback:

9780306801037 | Da Capo Pr, September 1, 1979, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Jazz figures of the Swing Era comment on their music and eventful careers

The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles
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By Mark Baldin and William E. Studwell
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Hardcover:

9780789009142 | Routledge, July 1, 2000, cover price $105.00

Paperback:

9780789009159 | Routledge, March 1, 2000, cover price $54.95

Swing: Third Ear-The Essential Listening Companion
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By Scott Yanow
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Paperback:

9780879306007 | Backbeat Books, April 1, 2000, cover price $22.95

Swing Kings
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Chronicles the history of famous jazz bands, from Jelly Roll Morton to Billie Holiday (view table of contents)
By Julie Koerner
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Hardcover:

9781567993585 | Har/com edition (Friedman/Fairfax Pub, May 1, 1997), cover price $13.50 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of famous jazz bands, from Jelly Roll Morton to Billie Holiday

The Joy of Jazz: Swing Era, 1935-1947
By Tom Scanlan
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Paperback:

9781555912376 | Fulcrum Pub, October 1, 1996, cover price $19.95
9780788190261 | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 1996, cover price $20.00

Swing Era: The Development of Jazz 1930-1945
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By Gunther Schuller
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Hardcover:

9780195043129 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, February 1, 1989, cover price $74.00

Paperback:

9780195071405, titled "The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945" | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 19, 1991), cover price $29.99

More Dialogues in Swing: Intimate Conversations With the Stars of the Big Band Era
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Product Description: An encore to Dialogues in Swing, these stories and photos of  “the Golden Age Of Swing” feature Kay Starr, Steve Allen, Helen O'Connell, Harry James, and more.
By Fred Hall
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Hardcover:

9780934793315 | Pathfinder Pub of California, June 1, 1991, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An encore to Dialogues in Swing, these stories and photos of  “the Golden Age Of Swing” feature Kay Starr, Steve Allen, Helen O'Connell, Harry James, and more.

Paperback:

9780934793322 | Pathfinder Pub of California, June 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An encore to Dialogues in Swing, these stories and photos of  “the Golden Age Of Swing” feature Kay Starr, Steve Allen, Helen O'Connell, Harry James, and more.

Dialogues in Swing: Intimate Conversations With the Stars of the Big Band Era
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By Fred Hall
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Paperback:

9780934793193 | Pathfinder Pub of California, June 1, 1989, cover price $12.95

Down Beat's Yearbook of Swing
By Paul Eduard Miller
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Hardcover:

9780313204760 | Reprint edition (Greenwood Pub Group, June 1, 1978), cover price $36.95

Hot Jazz: The Guide to Swing Music
By Hughes Panassie
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Hardcover:

9780837151816 | Reprint edition (Greenwood Pub Group, November 1, 1970), cover price $36.95

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