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Swingin' at the Savoy Paperback – April 26, 2001

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In this volume, dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress and author Norma Miller shares her historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that spread the power of swing across the world.
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    261 pages
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    Temple University Press
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    April 26, 2001
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    6 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1566398495
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1566398497
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Temple University Press; New edition (April 26, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 261 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1566398495
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1566398497
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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Andrea Cody
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Norma Miller and thank her for sharing her stories
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016
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This is the story of a real dancer! I love Norma Miller and thank her for sharing her stories. They are amazing and inspirational!
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Hyung Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars is one of the best reads on swing dancing and its history
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016
Norma Millers book, Swinging at the Savoy, is one of the best reads on swing dancing and its history.
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in swing dancing, its history, and those who help create
this amazing thing called swing!
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Stephen Cannon
4.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy but Fun
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2003
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In the 1930s and 1940s, Swing jazz captivated America in a way no musical style ever had before. Swing was largely developed in Harlem and its driving beat made dance an inevitable component of this new music. The new dance created was the lindy hop, a non-classic couples dance largely created on the floor of the Savoy Ballroom.
Swinging at the Savoy traces the life of Harlemite Norma Miller, who came of age just at the perfect time to invest her entire future in a faddish dance despite protests from her disapproving mother.
Of course, Norma beat the odds and made a decent living as a performer, but this is not what the book is about. The real draw of this book is the chance to glean musical and dance history straight from the horses mouth. Indeed, Norma discusses the bands, the clientele, the lifestyle, the celebrities she met, and racial issues, but more often than not the bubbly Norma gets caught up in the warmth of her very dear memories.
Swinging at the Savoy follows Norma through innumerable dance
performances, which were far from dull thanks to infectious Norma's joy and enthusiasm for dance. However, I would have preferred that her performances had been given a bit less weight and more had been included a few more anecdotes on Duke Ellington and Chick Webb, more discussion on issues such as the development of the music and dance, and how interracial dancing was possible in the dark ages of the 1930s.
Of course, the book is subtitled The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer and so I cannot really fault the book for putting the events of Norma's life at the center. Furthermore, the book is prefaced with an excellent essay by jazz expert Ernie Smith that provides a solid historical perspective on the music and dance of Swing.
Swinging at the Savoy is a breeze to read and includes a good number of photographs that help bring the book to life. I recommend this book to anyone interested in African-American culture, jazz, dance, or U.S. history.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly What I Was Looking for
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4.0 out of 5 stars From someone who helped create Swing
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Great narrative of the early Swing movement and the people who created it!
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Heather C. Liston
4.0 out of 5 stars True Original
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2001
Norma Miller, the youngest member of the original swing dance troupe, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, had to do some sneaking around in order to dance at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem some 60-odd years ago.
If the spunk she has now is any indication of what she was like at 15, though, it's no surprise she helped invent a whole new dance form.
This down-to-earth personal memoir by an effervescent woman whose first and last love is the excitement of swing is an invigorating read for almost anyone.
It might make you want to drop everything and go out and dance . . .or it might just give you a better understanding of the history of Harlem and the extraordinary people who helped keep it on the map all these years with their artistic spirits and rich energy.
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Mr Charles
4.0 out of 5 stars Background Reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2013
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Interested in the history of Swing Dance, music and the people involved. This book seemed to offer the insight I required. I haven't finished reading it yet, but what I have read I am happy with.
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