Library Record
Metadata
Title |
Swing That Music |
Author |
Armstrong, Louis |
Author added entry |
Gerlach, Horace Vallee, Rudy Morgenstern, Dan |
Summary |
Armstrong's first autobiography, published in 1936. It's heavily ghosted but contains some valuable stories about Armstrong's early years. Contains the orignial introduction by Rudy Vallee and a new foreword by Dan Morgenstern. Part two is a music section edited by Horace Gerlach, featuring an "Introduction to Swing," a discussion of Armstrong's playing style and a glossary of swing terms. The book concludes with sheet music for the Armstrong-Gerlach composition "Swing That Music," as well as transcribed solos for the tune by Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Joe Venuti, Bud Freeman, Red Norvo, Carl Kress, Stanley Dennis, Ray Bauduc, Claude Hopkins and Armstrong himself. |
Object Type |
Book |
Catalog Number |
2000.56.2 |
Published Date |
1993 |
Publisher |
Da Capo Press |
Collection |
Satchmo Collection |
Accession number |
2000.56 |