Add this copy of Those Swinging Years: the Autobiography of Charlie to cart. $9.95, good condition, Sold by Gulf Coast Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Louisiana State University Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. DJ is price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription on half-title. NOT an ex-library copy, NO remainder mark, NOT a book club. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Add this copy of Those Swinging Years: Autobiography of Charlie Barnet to cart. $17.50, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Louisiana State University Press.
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Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Fine in fine, price clipped dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by co-author Stanley Dance on the half title page. Hardcover. 225 pp. with index of arrangements and arrangers, index of members of barnet's bands, index of singers, index of performance locations, filmography, selected discography, general index. Illustrated with photos. Autobiography of saxiphonist and one of the swing era's most popular band leaders, Charlie Barnet (1913-1991). Barnet had his first professional gig while still a high school student in New York City, sneaking away after role all to play three sessions a day in a manhattan Chinese restaurant. Within a few years he was leading his own band at the Paramount and the Cocoanut Grove in New York. He relocated to Hollywood in 1931, headlining at the Palomar and Casa Manana in L.A. Some of his biggest hots included "Cherokee", "Pompton Turnpike", and "Skyliner". With a blind eye to racial prejudice, Barnet was able to draw on the sounds of many Black musicians such as Garnet Clark, Trummy Young, Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge and vocalists Bunny Briggs and Lena Horne.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0807111287. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing. Book and dust jacket are As New, crisp and clean. Binding is solid and corners are sharp. Barnet was one of the swing era's most notable bandleaders; he was at the height of his popularity between 1939 and 1941, a period that began with his hit version of "Cherokee, " written by Ray Noble and arranged by Billy May, who provides the Foreword to the book. Charlie Barnet was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 225 pp. In protective Mylar.
