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Welcome
to ATOMIC Magazine's companion shopper's guide
for Ken Burns' series Jazz. Click the episode
title for an overview and a listing of the
featured artists.
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Episode Five: Swing, Pure Pleasure
As
the Great Depression drags on, jazz
comes as close as it has ever come
to being America's popular music,
providing entertainment and escape
for a people down on their luck. It
has a new name now--Swing--and for
millions of young fans, it will be
the defining music of their generation.
Suddenly, jazz bandleaders are the
new matinee idols, with Benny Goodman
hailed as the "King of Swing," while
teenagers jitterbug just as hard to
the music of his rivals-- Tommy Dorsey,
Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, and
the mercurial Artie Shaw. But the
spirit of Swing isn't limited to the
dance floor. In New York, Billie Holiday
emerges from a tragic childhood to
begin her career as the greatest of
all female jazz singers. And in Chicago,
Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson prove
that, despite segregation, there is
room in jazz for great black and white
musicians to swing side-by-side on
stage. At Harlem's Savoy Ballroom,
however, there is room for only one
King of Swing, and on May 11, 1937,
Benny Goodman travels uptown for a
showdown with Chick Webb. It's billed
as "The Music Battle of the Century,"
and more than 4,000 dancers crowd
the floor to urge both champions on.
But when it's over, there's no doubt
who wears the crown. ©2001
Amazon.com
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Louis
Armstrong |
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Duke
Ellington |
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Benny
Goodman |
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Billie
Holiday |
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Jimmie
Lunceford |
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Artie
Shaw |
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Chick
Webb |
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Episode
One:
Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917 |
Episode
Two:
The Gift, 1917-1924 |
Episode
Three:
Our Language, 1924-1928 |
Episode
Four:
The True Welcome, 1929-1935 |
Episode
Five:
Swing: Pure Pleasure, 1935-1937 |
Episode
Six:
Swing: The Velocity of Celebration,
1937-1939 |
Episode
Seven:
Dedicated to Chaos, 1940-1945 |
Episode
Eight:
Risk, 1945-1956 |
Episode
Nine:
The Adventure, 1956-1961 |
Episode
Ten:
A Master Piece by Midnight, 1961-Present |
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