Jazz and Swing

The beginnings of jazz in America happened when Blues, Ragtime, and New Orleans marching bands mixed together in the big US cities like New York and Chicago. Here are some videos from the 1940s, during the SWING ERA, when jazz took America by storm.

"Cute" perfomed by Count Basie Orchestra

Louis Armstrong - "When the Saints go Marching in"

Glen Miller Orchestra - "In the Mood"

June 22, 1969 jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with accompaniment by Ed Thigpen on drums, Frank de la Rosa on bass, and Tommy Flanagan on piano.