Bebop, Swing & Bella Music

Authors: David Witter and William Dal Cerro

Louis Bellson, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima,  Buddy De Franco, Tony Bennett, Lennie Tristano and Al Di Miola are just a few of the Italian Americans who have contributed to jazz since its beginning in New Orleans to modern times.

Filled with interviews, this is more than just a book about jazz. It chronicles the lives of these musicians through prejudice to early immigrants and the  1891 mass lynchings of Italians, adjusting to life in America, surviving the Great Depression, and the important part Italian American musicians played in breaking down racial barriers.