Use this Music History and History of Jazz video entitled Jazz and The Years When Swing was King to study the unique role played by jazz in shaping American culture and learn about the lives, times, and music of some of jazz's greatest figures.
Use this K12 history of music video to study and examine Big Band Jazz in the 1930's - the years when Swing was King. Understand the impact that radio and record production had upon the development of jazz. Learn about the most popular and influential band leaders of the 30's - Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Glen Miller and vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.