Jack Behren's big band days were a special six years in the late-1940s and early-1950s when he played with and met bandleaders and musicians he never forgot (and he never forgot hauling a Slingerland drum set through Midwest towns and cities).

A nationally known and award-winning columnist, editor and writer, Jack Behrens founded the journalism programme at Utica College of Syracuse University New York in 1972 and continues to teach at several Eastern universities

CONTENTS:
It Was Too Much Fun To Call It Work
World War II Brings Demand For Music Makers
The Fifties: Bands Battle To Survive
Beyond Rock And Rap: A Return To Swing Music?
ADDENDA
My Big Band Tine Line; Big Bands in the Movies 1940-60; Alphabetized Big Band Theme Songs; Who Were the Big Band Singers?; Band Leaders, Musicians, Singers' Day Jobs; The Great Ballrooms of the Swing Era; Hotels, Night Clubs, Cocktail Lounges, Roadhouses Where Big Bands Played; Finding Swing Music On the Airwaves; Big Band Festivals; Big Band Internet Sources; Where Jazz 101 is Taught; The Hamilton College Jazz Archive; Big Band Music Live in Concert; Bibliography.
Index

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