That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman

by Scott B. Williams and Mark Berresford

Book Overview

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence
Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music-Best History (tie) (2011)

Wilbur C. Sweatman (1882-1961) is one of the most important, yet unheralded, African American musicians involved in the transition of ragtime into jazz in the early twentieth century. In That's Got 'Em , Mark Berresford tracks this energetic pioneer over a seven-decade career. His talent transformed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617037222
• ISBN13: 9781617037221
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"