Club date musicians : playing the New York party circuit /

Club date musicians : playing the New York party circuit /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	MacLeod, Bruce A.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1993.
Description:	x, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Music in American life
Subject:	Musicians -- Employment -- New York Metropolitan Area. Music trade -- New York Metropolitan Area. Manners and customs. Music trade. Musicians -- Employment. New York Metropolitan Area -- Social life and customs. New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1431418

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ISBN:	0252019547 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-207) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Discovering the Club Date Business
2. The Performance Context
3. The Music. Repertoire. The Learning Process. Arrangement
4. Entertainment: The Bandleader's Art
5. Employers and Booking
6. Employees and the Hiring Structure
7. On Being a Club Date Musician. The Leaders' Perspective. The Club Date Stigma Context and Musical Quality. On Being a Musician
8. 1989: The Changing Scene
Appendix A: Interview Method
Appendix B: Repertoire Samples.