""Swing Shift" is a long-overdue historical corrective and a compelling read--a thoroughly remarkable achievement."--David Hajdu, author of "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn"
""Swing Shift" is a long-overdue historical corrective and a compelling read--a thoroughly remarkable achievement."--David Hajdu, author of "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn"
Sherrie Tucker is Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. A longtime jazz fan, she has conducted oral histories for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program, writes a column called “Jazzwomen Jam” for Jazz Now Magazine, and was formerly a jazz radio announcer in San Francisco.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction: “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t in the History Books” > I Playing the Changes of World War II 1. Working the Swing Shift: Effects of World War II on “All-Girl” Bands 2. “Hours of Charm” with Phil Spitalny 3. Extracurricular Activities with the Prairie View Co-eds II Road Hazards 4. Surveillance and Survival in the Jim Crow South 5. Internationalism and the Sweethearts of Rhythm 6. The Darlings of Rhythm: On the Road and Ready to Run III USO-Camp Shows 7. Female Big Bands, Male Mass Audiences: Gendered Performances in a Theater of War 8. Battles of a “Sophisticated Lady”: Ada Leonard and the USO 9. “And, Fellas, They’re American Girls,”: On the Road with the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band Conclusion: Post-War Changes, Familiar Refrains Notes Bibliography
Acknowledgments Introduction: “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t in the History Books” > I Playing the Changes of World War II 1. Working the Swing Shift: Effects of World War II on “All-Girl” Bands 2. “Hours of Charm” with Phil Spitalny 3. Extracurricular Activities with the Prairie View Co-eds II Road Hazards 4. Surveillance and Survival in the Jim Crow South 5. Internationalism and the Sweethearts of Rhythm 6. The Darlings of Rhythm: On the Road and Ready to Run III USO-Camp Shows 7. Female Big Bands, Male Mass Audiences: Gendered Performances in a Theater of War 8. Battles of a “Sophisticated Lady”: Ada Leonard and the USO 9. “And, Fellas, They’re American Girls,”: On the Road with the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band Conclusion: Post-War Changes, Familiar Refrains Notes Bibliography
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