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Jazz· Season 1 · Episode 5

Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937

S01E05·5.6·January 17, 2001·1h 29m·PBS

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.

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#6In Season 1of 10 rated episodes
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2001First airedJanuary 17, 2001

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