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Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson

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Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson - Stokes, W
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Charles Peterson entered the jazz world of New York as a guitarist but made his true contribution documenting an era and its most notable performers. Among the countless subjects he enshrined on film are Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Lester Young and Jack Teagarden. Commentary by jazz historian and critic W. Royal Stokes connects the musicians featured in Peterson's photogrpahs to each other and to the music within the social world of jazz.

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Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson 1996, Temple University Press, Philadelphia PA

ISBN-13: 9781566394642

Revised edition

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Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson 1994, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA

ISBN-13: 9781566392273

Hardcover