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Swing Street The Rise and Fall of New York’s 52nd Street Jazz Scene: An Illustrated Tribute, 1930–1950 Leo T. Sullivan ISBN: 978-0-7643-5973-6 $24.99 9 780764 359736 52499 ISBN: 978-0-7643-5973-6 $24.99 US | £22.99 GBP | $35.99 CAN HC • 128 pp. • 8" x 8" (203 x 203 mm) 149 color & b/w images Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz AVAILABLE: NOW Offers a history of Swing Street and presents the greats who played the clubs there in capsule biographies, vintage photos, and rare memorabilia. Swing Street was the name given to 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan in New York City, where there were more jazz clubs and bars per square block than anywhere else in the world, all showcasing the finest jazz musicians of the era. This illustrated book offers a history of Swing Street and presents the greats who played the clubs there. • New York’s 52nd Street jazz scene was the greatest location ever in the history of jazz • Filled with historical photographs of jazz greats, and various club memorabilia • A must-have book for the jazz aficionado, historian, and record and photo collector On Swing Street you were guaranteed to experience an evening of unforgettable jazz on a nightly basis, seven nights a week, until the wee hours of the morning; stopping into Club Downbeat to catch a set of Billie Holiday, or dropping by the Three Deuces to hear Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing bebop. On any given night you could hear other iconic jazz artists such as Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Art Tatum, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and many others. Leo T. Sullivan has been working professionally for over 40 years as a saxophonist, flutist, composer, and webmaster and has played on many CDs with various artists, having also recorded numerous soundtracks for major television shows. Leo has played with the Manhattan Transfer, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney, the Temptations, Toni Tennile, Charo, Don Rickles, Carl Fontana, Bob Newhart, and the Osmond Brothers, just to name a few. In recent years, Leo has been involved in developing over 65 jazz websites. They can be viewed at www.jazzwebsites.org . He lives in Ontario, Canada. 19 FEATURED TITLES: SCHIFFER MUSIC