Swing Out

From the earliest "riverboat jazz" to Dizzy Gillespie's "Hep-Sations of 1945", this is the story of the black dance bands that dazzled America for over 40 years. Included are the anecdotes of the greats, such as how "Bubber" Miley of the Duke Ellington Orchestra invented the "growl technique".

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From the earliest "riverboat jazz" to Dizzy Gillespie's "Hep-Sations of 1945", "Swing Out" is the story of the great black dance bands who dazzled America for over 40 years. Included are stories of the greats: how Fletcher Henderson would become so hypnotised by the sound of his band that he would quit playing piano and just listen; how "Bubber" Miley of the Duke Ellington Orchestra invented the "growl technique"; how Noble Sissle became the darling of the international set; how John Hammond brought Count Basie to New York; how Erskine Hawkins developed a short musical break into the hit "Tuxedo Junction"; how Jimmie Lunceford created his orchestra from his high school students; and scores of other inside stories about such notables as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway and Earl Hines.