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Jazz. Episode 6, Swing, the velocity of celebration

Jazz. Episode 6, Swing, the velocity of celebration

DVD 2010

In the late 1930s, swing is still the national craze that keeps on growing despite the Depression, although commerce sometimes leads to compromise and the individual expression at the heart of jazz is too often kept under wraps. But in the middle of the country-- in black dance halls, roadhouses and juke joints-- a new kind of music has been incubating.