Jazz With A Beat Small Group Swing 19401960 - Tad Richards

The Neglected Small Group Swing Sound Of The 1940s60s Takes Its Place In The Pantheon Of Jazz Literature.finalist For The 2024 Foreword Indies Book Of The Year Award In The Performing Arts & Music Category Jazz With A Beat Is The First Book On The Often Overlooked But Vitally Important Genre Of Small Group Swing Jazz. Coming Into Being In The Early 1940s, Small Group Swing Answered The Need In The Black Community For A Form Of Jazz That Was More Accessible (and More Danceable) Than The Bebop. An Adaptation Of The Big Band Black Swing (erskine Hawkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb) Of The 1930s To Small Combos, And With A More Vigorous Beat For The Generation, This Music Developed And Was Beloved Through The 1940s, Continued To Be Enjoyed Through The Rock And Roll Years Of The 1950s, And Was A Major Influence On The Soul Jazz Of The 1960s.