Jazz - Season 1 Episode 5 Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
1935 was the year that swing became the most popular music in the country and that the king of swing, Benny Goodman, became a matinee idol. Americans, stifled by the Depression, seemed determined to dance their troubles away. "Swing: Pure Pleasure" follows the continuing careers of Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Armstrong, and the discovery of Billie Holiday.
Year: 2001
Genre: Documentary
Country:
Studio: PBS
Director:
Cast: Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw
Crew: Lynn Novick (Producer), Ken Burns (Producer), Geoffrey C. Ward (Writer)
First Air Date: Jan 09, 2001
Last Air date: Jan 31, 2001
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 10 Episode
Runtime: 120 minutes
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 25.00 users
Popularity: 48.274
Language: English
Keyword : jazz, jazz singer or musician
Episode
Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
The Gift: 1917-1924
Our Language: 1924 -1929
The True Welcome: 1929-1934
Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939
Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945
Risk: 1945-1955
The Adventure: 1956-1960
A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
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