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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
International Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Ladies' Jazz Band from Piney Woods Country Life School

International Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Ladies' Jazz Band from Piney Woods Country Life School

Handy, Antoinette D.

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryMusic Instruction: GeneralJazz

ISBN10: 0810831600
ISBN13: 9780810831605
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Oct 1 1998
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.87 Depth: 8.95
Language: English
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, has earned a reputation as the 'best all-women's swing band ever to perform.' This revised and updated edition provides fascinating reading for jazz enthusiasts and students of American history, music, and women's history. It is the most comprehensive and objective history of the band to date. Handy documents all sides of the band's controversial story and interviews members of the band. She updates the careers of band members who remained in the music business. Accompanied by an extensive bibliography and many photographs.

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