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- Season 1 Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
- Season 1 The Gift: 1917-1924
- Season 1 Our Language: 1924 -1929
- Season 1 The True Welcome: 1929-1934
- Season 1 Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
- Season 1 Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939
- Season 1 Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945
- Season 1 Risk: 1945-1955
- Season 1 The Adventure: 1956-1960
- Season 1 A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
Jazz - Season 1 Episode 6 Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939
8.00 120 minutes Swing would be reacquainted with its blues roots by way of Kansas City, when Count Basie and the Barons of Rhythm brought their hot sound to the Big Apple. Basie would also give Billie Holiday her first break, offering her a chance to travel, perform, drink, and gamble with the rest of the band. Another young singer named Ella Fitzgerald would get her start in Chick Webb’s band at the Savoy Ballroom, and then be named top female vocalist—over Billy Holiday—by Down Beat in 1937.
