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Summary:

This documentary traces the history of Swing from its first emergence in the 1920s to its current revival across the United States, Canada and Europe. Interspersed in the program are interviews with legends like Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton, Ray Anthony and Sam Butera. You'll hear how the original Swing bands influenced current groups like Royal Crown Revue, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Indigo Swing and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Table of Contents:

• Main title: what is Swing?
• Louis Armstrong: the birth of Swing
• Cab Calloway: the greatest showman in the world
• The New Morty Show
• Count Basie and the Apollo Theater
• Herbert White: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
• The Atomic Fireballs
• Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club
• Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show band
• Benny Goodman: the golden age of Swing
• Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday
• Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
• Glenn Miller: WWII and the end of the Big Band era
• Indigo Swing
• Steve Lucky and The Rhumba Bums
• Lionel Hampton: versatile jazz great
• Johnny Favourite
• Louis Prima: Swing and lounge music gap closes
• Frankie Manning: legendary Hopper
• Royal Crown revue

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Swingers
• Brian Setzer.

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Contributors:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994

Basie, Count, 1904-1984

White, Herbert (Musician)

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Severinsen, Doc, 1927-

Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Smith, Lavay

Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944

Lucky, Steve

Hampton, Lionel

Favourite, Johnny

Prima, Louis, 1910-1978

Manning, Frankie

Setzer, Brian

Atomic Fireballs

Red Hot Skillet Lickers

Rhumba Bums

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Musical group)

Royal Crown Revue (Musical group)

Hallway Productions

Image Entertainment (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Swing (Music) — History and criticism

Swing (Music)

Documentary films

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Ian Maclean, narrator.

Production Credits:

Program content, artwork, and summary, Cottonport Holdings, Inc., /Nashmount Productions, Inc. ; Director, Mark Hall ; producer, Gregory Hall ; writers, Tanja Crouch, Mark Hall ; editors, Francois Gill, Mark Hall.

General Notes:

"Featuring the music of Brian Setzer Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Lionel Hampton, Royal Crown Revue, The Atomic Fireballs"--Container.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.) : stereo sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

MDVD 00100

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 014381969429
Publisher Number, Image Entertainment: ID9694CDDVD

OCLC Numbers:

47154011