# The Big Band Almanac

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- Book: [The Big Band Almanac](https://www.bookquiver.com/leo-walker/the-big-band-almanac) ([The Big Band Almanac.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/leo-walker/the-big-band-almanac.md))
- Authors: [Leo Walker](https://www.bookquiver.com/leo-walker)
- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-03-0680-345-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1989-03-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

With more than 500 pictures, and extensive entries on more than 350 orchestras, this complete coverage of black and white bands,from the almost-forgotten Basie, Ellington, Miller, Shaw, and Dorsey,will prompt memories and establish important facts about a glorious era of jazz and popular music. Forewords by Les Brown and Harry James and an index with more than 6,000 names bracket a book that should be part of any music library.