Hi!
Today a high school student that is writing a paper about swing music approached me and asked me if I knew of any website that has authorative information about the history and evolution of swing music.
It surprised me that I didn't have any website in my bookmarks, but then again, everything I know about swing I've pick up in bits and pieces here and there, I haven't done any formal music studies.
Which websites would you recommend her to look at to learn about the history and evolution of swing music?
Authoriative website with swing music history?
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Don't forget, CD liner notes can be loaded with great information.
Also, for a student doing research, it would be great to encourage him/her to look for multiple corroborating references from different perspectives. For example, it's really neat hearing Frankies story about the night Basie played at the Savoy and then reading reading the liner notes of one of the Chick Webb CDs written from the perspective of a music writer/critic. According to Frankie, the dancers were excited that Basie was playing and Webb was complaining. To send a message to Webb, Whitey told the Lindy Hoppers to only dance to Basie. A music writer at the time wrote that the dancers like Basie so much more they wouldn't dance to Webb.
Also, for a student doing research, it would be great to encourage him/her to look for multiple corroborating references from different perspectives. For example, it's really neat hearing Frankies story about the night Basie played at the Savoy and then reading reading the liner notes of one of the Chick Webb CDs written from the perspective of a music writer/critic. According to Frankie, the dancers were excited that Basie was playing and Webb was complaining. To send a message to Webb, Whitey told the Lindy Hoppers to only dance to Basie. A music writer at the time wrote that the dancers like Basie so much more they wouldn't dance to Webb.
Re: Authoriative website with swing music history?
Not sure about websites, but a good book isKattenPejst wrote:Hi!
Today a high school student that is writing a paper about swing music approached me and asked me if I knew of any website that has authorative information about the history and evolution of swing music.
It surprised me that I didn't have any website in my bookmarks, but then again, everything I know about swing I've pick up in bits and pieces here and there, I haven't done any formal music studies.
Which websites would you recommend her to look at to learn about the history and evolution of swing music?
The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 (The History of Jazz, Vol. 2) by Gunther Schuller