Jazz. Episode five, Swing, pure pleasure

In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host or rivals among them, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw....

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS DVD (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-, David, Keith, Ward, Geoffrey C., Novick, Lynn, Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-, Murray, Albert, Maher, James T., Giddins, Gary, Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-, Hinton, Milt, Brubeck, Dave, Hampton, Lionel, Levy, Stan, Edison, Harry, 1915-1999, Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986, Webb, Chick, Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956, Lunceford, Jimmie, Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944, Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
Series:Jazz ; 0005
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Call Number: Arts JAZZ
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