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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

10

Cast:

Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong

Quality:

HD

Duration:

89 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.5