Jumpin’ Jive
Jumpin’ Jive The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway Arguably the greatest dance routine ever captured on film The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000) came to fame at the Cotton Club in the 1930s...
Read MoreJumpin’ Jive The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway Arguably the greatest dance routine ever captured on film The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000) came to fame at the Cotton Club in the 1930s...
Read MoreTwelfth Year Le Quintette du Hot Club de France March 22, 1939 This recording was mae by the Quintette du Hot Club de France in Paris, France on March 22, 1939 with Stephane Grappelli, violin; Django Reinhardt, guitar; Joseph...
Read MoreThe Swing Thing BBC Documentary 2013 “The Swing Thing” traces swing music’s evolution from its inception in New Orleans to its worldwide popularity in the coming decades. The documentary examines the legacies...
Read MoreSophisticated Lady Duke Ellington Copenhagen, 1967 Duke Ellington composed “Sophisticated Lady” in 1932. Ellington based the song on memories of his Washington, D.C. grade school teachers who, in his words,...
Read MoreBirdland and the Palladium Ballroom Slim Gaillard and Tito Puente History was made every night Click here if you have a memory of this artist that you’d like to share For those who missed it, Birdland, the shrine of bebop,...
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