{"product_id":"the-uncrowned-king-of-swing-9780195340655","title":"The Uncrowned King of Swing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFletcher Henderson (1897 - 1952) is a major figure in the history of jazz. He led the premier black jazz band of the 1920s and the early 1930s, and wrote the swing arrangements that helped make Benny Goodman the ''King of Swing''. The Uncrowned King of Swing is the first interpretive study of his music and career, using the full range of sources documenting his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book first came out in hardback in 2005, but the intervening years have done nothing to diminish its status as the volume to turn to for anyone with an interest in bandleader\/pianist Fletcher Henderson... * Nic Jones, All About Jazz *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Crossing the Tracks in Cuthbert Introduction: Out of the Jazz Tradition1: A New Negro from the Old South","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766913761623,"sku":"9780195340655","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195340655.jpg?v=1758711641","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-uncrowned-king-of-swing-9780195340655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}