Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture

ISBN: 9780226215167 (0226215164)
Edition Information: 2nd ed.
Edition Type: Hardback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages: 344
Date Published: 15th May 1998

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List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Pt. 1: From Jazz to Swing, 1929-1935 1: Just One More Chance: The Fall of the Jazz Age and the Rise of Swing, 1929-1935 Pt. 2: Now they Call it Swing, 1935-1942 2: The Crowd Goes Wild: The Youth Culture of Swing 3: Sw
Conclusion Red Scares and Head Scares Notes
Index

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During the 1930s, swing bands combined jazz and popular music to create dreams for a depression generation. This book explores that world, taking a look into the musical and racial integration. Long before organized baseball or the armed forces experienced racial integration, the fan culture that surrounded these big bands had broken down many barriers that separated people from different racial backgrounds. The author aims to show how a dance subculture forged in the late 1920s and early 1930s, became a music genre that symbolized American society. The book tells the story of swing's rapid rise and the music and culture that bolstered a nation during one of its lowest periods.

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