{"product_id":"those-swinging-years-9780306804922","title":"Those Swinging Years","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eCharlie Barnet (1913-1991) is best  known as the popular bandleader whose hits included Cherokee, Pompton  Turnpike, and Skyliner. But he was also the first to break the color  barrier in a popular dance band, and his black musicians included Clark  Terry, Roy Eldridge, and singer Lena Horne; his white musicians included  Jack Purvis, Red Norvo, Maynard Ferguson, and Doc Severinson. Barnet  not only played jazz, he lived the jazz life: in this book, he writes of  his whiskey and marijuana habits, of his whorehouse visits and his  half-dozen marriages. Charlie Barnet epitomised the jazz age, and there  are few memoirs as lively as \u003ci\u003eThose Swinging Years\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51104064635185,"sku":"9780306804922","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/those-swinging-years-9780306804922","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}