The Roots of Western Swing

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The Roots of Western Swing is written by John L. Clark, Jr. and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1527532283 (ISBN 10) and 9781527532281 (ISBN 13).

This book details the early history of what came to be known as Western swing – a hybrid of country, jazz, blues and cowboy music that reached its peak popularity in the 1940’s. In the 1930’s the emphasis was firmly on the jazz elements. Most early bands, such as the Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown and His Brownies and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, recognized the influence of African-American and white jazz players of the 1920’s and 1930’s, and featured musicians who self-identified as jazz musicians and foregrounded elements such as improvisation, blues expression and repertoire from the tradition. Many of these players incorporated these elements and developed an original style that was eventually absorbed into Western swing.