Jazz with a Beat
Small Group Swing, 1940–1960
- 2024 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Performing Arts & Music (Adult Nonfiction)
"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 new bebop.
