This Thing Called Swing

What's in 'This Thing Called Swing'

Swing Dance
Lindy hop, the dance which developed alongside jazz and swing music from the late 1920s up to the early 1940s is covered extensively in This Thing Called Swing. Dancers, dance groups and other topics include

Al Minns

Frankie Manning

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

Savoy Lindy Hoppers

Congeroo Dancers

Cotton Club

Whitey’s Australian tour

Whitey's European tour

The Savoy Pavilion

The Savoy Ballroom

The Chicago Savoy

The First air-step

The Origin of Lindy Hop

Jitterbug

Big Apple

The Savoy Ballroom

Herbert White

Charleston

Black Bottom

African roots

Harvest Moon Ball

Lindy Hop Competitions

Opportunity Contest

Rediscovery of Lindy Hop

Apollo Jump

Jam Sessions, Lindy Circle

The Girl's Twist

Film Appearances

Soundies

Hellzapoppin'

A Day At The Races

Wartime lindy hop

Lindy hop after the war

Norma Miller

Tempos in lindy hop

Harlem Nightlife

Nightlife downtown

The great jitterbug controversy

The Savoy and latin dance

The art of social dancing

The dance marathons

Lindy hop style

The shim sham

Cat's corner

White lindy hop

Tap

Swing Music
The following bands/band leaders/individuals are featured in This Thing Called Swing:

Al Cooper and his Savoy Sultans

Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy

Artie Shaw

Benny Carter (+Chocolate Dandies)

Benny Goodman

Benny Moten

Bob Crosby

Boogie Woogie Pianists

Buddy Johnson

Bunny Berigan

Cab Calloway

Casa Loma Orchestra

Charlie Barnet

Chick Webb (+Ella Fitzgerald)

Claude Hopkins (+Ovie Alston)

Claude Thornhill

Count Basie

Don Redman (+Chocolate Dandies)

Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

Duke Ellington (+small groups)

Earl Hines

Edgar Hayes

Erskine Hawkins

Fats Waller

Fletcher Henderson

Gene Krupa

Glenn Miller

Guy Lombardo

Harry James

Horace Henderson

Isham Jones

Jimmie Lunceford

Jimmy Dorsey

Larry Clinton

Les Brown

Lionel Hampton

Louis Armstrong

Louis Jordan

Lucky Millinder

McKinney's Cotton Pickers

Mezz Mezzrow

Mills Blue Rhythm Band

Paul Whiteman

Slim & Slam

Stan Kenton

Teddy Hill

Teddy Wilson

Tommy Dorsey

Will Bradley and Ray McKinley

Willie Bryant

Willie Lewis

Woody Herman