William “Count” Basie, the man who was as instrumental as Benny Goodman in popularizing ... were absorbed into the jazz idiom as a whole. Big-band music began to appear more often on records.

This 14-piece group plays popular big band music of the 30s, and 40s, from bands led by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and many others. Dancing is encouraged.

Big-band music became popular following the Great Depression, influencing music into the 1940s. The era was led by musicians such as Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Chick Webb ...

The young Benny Goodman ... music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack ...