Jazz Season 1 Episode 5

Overview:
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.

Release Date : 2001-01-17

Genre : Documentary

Duration : 89 minutes

Rating : ⭐ 5.625/10 (8 votes)

Actors : Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller