Sax Appeal: Ivy Benson and Her All-Girl Band

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Chapter 1 . Big Bands
Chapter 2 . Changing Times-The 1930s
Chapter 3 . Ivy
Chapter 4 . Early War
Chapter 5 . ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association)
Chapter 6 . Battle of the Saxes
Chapter 7 . The Wartime 'Girls'
Chapter 8 . Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here
Chapter 9 . Living Through History
Chapter 10 . The Shock of Berlin-the first post-war tour.
Chapter 11 . The Post-war Band
Chapter 12 . On the Road
Chapter 13 . Ivy the Woman
Chapter 14 . Pop go the Big Bands
Chapter 15 . Silver Lady
Chapter 16 . Memories
Chapter 17 . Legacy

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Sax Appeal tells the story of Ivy Benson, the famous wartime leader of an all-female jazz and swing band. Battling the dangers and privations of wartime touring, male opposition and the constant loss of her ‘girls’ to American Servicemen, she formed a professional band which entertained successfully for over forty years.

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A lively, carefully researched book that recounts the lives of Benson and her sister musicians in the 1930s and on into the pre- and postwar years in England. As in other fields during World War II, women musicians had more opportunities when their male counterparts left civilian life to serve their country. At first the group played only jazz and swing, but under Ivy's leadership their repertoire grew to include current pop hits as well. Through the years the roster of musicians would change frequently as many of the players left to marry, often to American GIs. Benson once quipped, "I sometimes thought it was not so much a band as a mobile marriage market." If this story strikes a chord with readers, they'll appreciate the recordings on YouTube. -VERDICT A satisfying look at a trailblazer and noteworthy role model

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