{"product_id":"9780306804922","title":"Those Swinging Years","description":"Charlie 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 colour 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 \"Those Swinging Years\".","brand":"Charlie Barnet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45753695830334,"sku":"9780306804922","price":521.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780306804922_49015fec-fabf-4a2f-baa5-3ca29e5b998f.jpg?v=1707239438","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780306804922","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}