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, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. L...
Corporate Author: | Florentine Films., British Broadcasting Corporation., WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS DVD (Firm) |
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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. |
Format: | Videos DVD |
Language: | English |
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c2000.
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