02438nam a2200289 a 4500 vtls000069320 MTX 160715s2011 001 0 eng d 0472026305 9780472026302 9780472033591 9780472115532 201607151113 staff 201606241418 maprang 201306272316 VLOAD 201211201349 staff eng ML422.L86 781.65092 Ebook Eddy Determeyer 100417 Rhythm is our business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express (jazz perspectives)/ [electronic resource] Rhythm is our business/Eddy Determeyer University of Michigan Press, 2006 Jazz perspectives In the 1930s, swing music reigned, and the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra was the hottest and hippest attraction on the black dance circuits. Known for its impeccable appearance and infectious rhythms, Lunceford's group was able to out-swing and outdraw any band. For ten consecutive years, they were the best-loved attraction at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. The group's hit recordings sold in the hundreds of thousands, and Jimmie Lunceford's band rivaled Ellington's for popularity in the African American community. Jimmie Lunceford was also an innovator, elevating big-band showmanship to an art and introducing such novel instruments as the electric guitar and bass. The band's arrangements, written by Sy Oliver, Edwin Wilcox, Gerald Wilson, Billy Moore, Jr., and Tadd Dameron, were daring and forward looking, influencing generations of big-band writers. Rhythm Is Our Business traces the development of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra from its infant days as a high school band in Memphis to its record-breaking tours across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The book also unveils Lunceford's romantic yet ill-fated involvement with Yolande Du Bois, daughter of famous writer and opinion leader W.E.B. Du Bois. And by reconstructing Lunceford's last day, the book offers a glimpse into the mysteries surrounding the leader's untimely death. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and legacy of swing. Big band music--History and criticism. 100418 Conductors (Music)--United States--Biography. 100419 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UMICHB0000217.html 10 66024 66024