{"product_id":"the-uncrowned-king-of-swing-fletcher-henderson-and-big-band-jazz","title":"The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Benny Goodman was the \"King of Swing \" then Fletcher Henderson was the power behind the throne. Now Jeffrey Magee offers a fascinating account of Hendersons musical career  throwing new light on the emergence of modern jazz and the world that created it. Drawing on an unprecedented combination of sources  including sound recordings and hundreds of scores that have been available only since Goodmans death  Magee illuminates Hendersons musical output  from his early work as a New York bandleader  to his pivotal role in building the Kingdom of Swing. He shows how Henderson  standing at the forefront of the New York jazz scene during the 1920s and 30s  assembled the eras best musicians  simultaneously preserving jazzs distinctiveness and performing popular dance music that reached a wide audience. Magee reveals how  in Hendersons largely segregated musical world  black and white musicians worked together to establish jazz  how Hendersons style rose out of collaborations with many key players  how these players deftly combined improvised and written music  and how their work negotiated artistic and commercial impulses. Whether placing Hendersons life in the context of the Harlem Renaissance or describing how the savvy use of network radio made the Henderson-Goodman style a national standard  Jeffrey Magee brings to life a monumental musician who helped to shape an era.  \"An invaluable survey of Hendersons life and music.\" --Don Heckman  Los Angeles Times  \"Magee has written an important book  illuminating an era too often reduced to its most familiar names. Goodman might have been the King of Swing  but Henderson here emerges as that kingdoms chief architect.\" --Boston Globe  \"Excellent.... Jazz fans have waited 30 years for a trained musicologist...to evaluate Hendersons strengths and weaknesses and attempt to place him in the history of American music.\" --Will Friedwald  New York Sun\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985132384309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195090225","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195090222.jpg?v=1770848277","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-uncrowned-king-of-swing-fletcher-henderson-and-big-band-jazz","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}