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Music makes me [electronic resource] : Fred Astaire and jazz / Todd Decker.

By: Decker, Todd R.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint. Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011Description: xii, 375 p. : ill., music, ports.Subject(s): Astaire, Fred | Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography | Dancers -- United States -- Biography | Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 781.65092 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
pt. 1. Astaire among others: "There's a difference and Astaire is it" ; "I am a creator" -- pt. 2. Astaire at the studios: "I play with the very best bands" ; "Tell them to let it swing" ; "Fixing up" tunes -- pt. 3. Astaire in jazz and popular music: "Keep time with the time and with the times" ; "Jazz means the blues" ; "Anything that will send me" ; "You play and I'll dance."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Astaire among others: "There's a difference and Astaire is it" ; "I am a creator" -- pt. 2. Astaire at the studios: "I play with the very best bands" ; "Tell them to let it swing" ; "Fixing up" tunes -- pt. 3. Astaire in jazz and popular music: "Keep time with the time and with the times" ; "Jazz means the blues" ; "Anything that will send me" ; "You play and I'll dance."

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.