Swing Music Mp3 Collection 1.0

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in 1930. Here is an overview of swing music from key musicians to what it symbolized in American society.

Benny Goodman, or the King of Swing as he was known by friends and musicians and alike, was one of the most important musicians and band leaders in the history of jazz and swing music. Making his professional debut in 1921 at the age of 12 and then preforming with the jazz great Bix Beiderbecke at the age of 14, Benny made a name for himself very quickly and at an extremely young age. At 16, he decided to join one of the biggest and best known jazz orchestras out of Chicago, the Ben Pollack Orchestra.