by Bria Ziter, Jenny Feta, and Sean Driscoll

Big BandSwing Music

Popular Artists

~ Benny Goodman (“The King of Swing”)~ Fletcher Henderson~Duke Ellington~ Louis Armstrong~ Billie HolidayAnd More...

Benny Goodman, also known as the “King of Swing”, was one of 12 children born and raised in Chicago. He studied and played the clarinet as a young boy which soon got him famous.

Fletcher Henderson, Hired by Goodman as an arranger and while working in New York, got a band together and started playing.

Duke Ellington, Piano music won him over, and his first known composition was the “Soda Fountain Rag” of 1914.

Louis Armstrong, Born in poverty and became one of century’s greatest entertainers. He survived on tips as a street performer in New Orleans, and soon began playing the drums and got attracted to horn instruments such as the Trumpet.

Billie Holiday: ALso called “Lady Day”. Performed in brooklyn which got her noticed by many producers/critics such as John Hammond.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra Horn Section in New York City, ca. 1938.

U.S. jazz musician Count Basie, 1958.

Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa 1938

“Depression?

What depression?”

Audiences“In a segregated society, swing acted as a bridge, bringing blacks and whites together. In addition, it assimilated popular and high culture in ways seldom attempted before.”

Swing Dancing-Originated in Harlem, 1927-Popular partner dance-First popular with African American communities- Different types of swing dances were the Lindy Hop, Fox Trot, and Jog Trot- Lindy Hop is most popular today- Different regions had their own form of “Swing Dance”-Chicago and Southern Swing styles were mostly two-step

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