MUSIC 0711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Casa Loma Orchestra, Nabisco, Benny Goodman
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Produced some of the most danceable music ever: one of the reasons for its success. Music industry had grown agents etc could launch publicity stunts for artists. Whitey"s lindy hoppers (aka harlem congaroo dancers) from movie a day at the. Races 1937: dance named for airline pilot charles linberg. Swing era started in the middle of the 1930s (1934: national biscuit company coast to coast radio program. Paul whiteman king of jazz : first jazz concert, concert was a sell out, one of the white americans that did cooped black music. Benny goodman king of swing : owes a debt of gratitude to fletcher henderson. Name of hot jazz to swing: way of commercializing the music. Fletcher henderson and the swing formula sing, sing, sing 1927: dean of harlem big bands, one of his main contributions was the introduction of saxophonist don redmond and louis armstrong into his orchestra.
