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2. www.vintageinn.ca › 2016 › 03Women of the Big Band Era that Everyone Should Know

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   Mar 11, 2016 · The Boswell Sisters. The Boswell Sisters were a close harmony singing group, consisting of sisters Martha Boswell, Connee Boswell, and Helvetia “Vet” Boswell, noted for intricate harmonies and rhythmic experimentation (source). They had up 20 hits during the 1930s, including the number-one record “The Object of My Affection” (1935).

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   Clarinettist and founding member of Kansas Smitty's, Giacomo Smith, joins the Guildhall Big Band to launch their 2020/21 series of performances exploring big...

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   Feb 5, 2018 · Teachers, check out our 1930s teaching resources: http://amzn.to/2FL1mI5 The following video provides a brief introduction to "big band music" or "swing music", including a few of the major ...

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   Takes us on a journey of over 200 years of band history from the “Harmonie” ensembles of Colonial America (lat... A rich and colorful tradition brought to life.

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   The Big Band era is generally regarded as having occurred between 1935 and 1945. It was the only time in American musical history that the popularity of jazz eclipsed all other forms of music. To many, the appearance of Benny Goodman and his Big Band at the Palomar in Los Angeles in August of 1935 was the start of the Swing Era. America was still i...

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   The following is from “DownBeat,” Chicago August 1st, 1942, Vol 9-No.15 Disc Firms Sit Back, Public’s Next Move:Government may step in, Threat of CIO seen, several months’ record supply on-hand. (By Mike Levin) “New York – From today on there will be no recording of music, classical or jazz, in this country by union musicians. Prexy Petrillo has no...

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7. www.npr.org › 2019/09/10 › 749743012How Mary Lou Williams Shaped The Sound Of The Big-Band Era

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   Sep 10, 2019 · Mary Lou Williams On Piano Jazz. 1937's "Roll 'Em" was Williams' biggest song for Benny Goodman, a jazz-hands-ready swinger that helped solidify her status as a heavyweight away from Kirk with its...

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   When was the Big Band era?

   • The Big Band era is generally regarded as having occurred between 1935 and 1945. It was the only time in American musical history that the popularity of jazz eclipsed all other forms of music. To many, the appearance of Benny Goodman and his Big Band at the Palomar in Los Angeles in August of 1935 was the start of the Swing Era.

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   When did the big band start?

   • The term “Big Band,” referring to Jazz, is vague but popular. The term generally refers to the swing era starting around 1935, but there was no one event that kicked off a new form of music in 1935. It had evolved naturally from the blues and jazz of New Orleans, Chicago and Kansas City.

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   Why did the big bands become so popular?

   • The women had become accustomed to working, earning, participating and competing in the workplace. The young men had traveled abroad and heard new forms of music and recorded entertainment. New record labels responded with offerings of every form of recorded music possible. The Big Bands had the flavor of a past generation and more difficult times.

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   What happened to the big bands?

   • The young men had traveled abroad and heard new forms of music and recorded entertainment. New record labels responded with offerings of every form of recorded music possible. The Big Bands had the flavor of a past generation and more difficult times. The Big Band era was over.

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   Who was the Best Female Vocalist of the swing era?

   • Helen served as the “girl singer” for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as “the voice of the name bands” (source) . She is regarded by some as the best female vocalist of the swing era.

   Women of the Big Band Era that Everyone Should Know

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   When did John Hammond start writing about big bands?

   • John Hammond, known for discovering artists like Count Basie and Billie Holiday, wrote about big bands in Down Beat as early as 1935. By 1936, when Benny Goodman was performing just blocks away from the magazine’s Chicago offices, articles about the band filled its issues.

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9. www.npr.org › 2019/04/17 › 714405107The All-Female Big Bands That Made History During World War II

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   Apr 17, 2019 · Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride has spent years tracing the history of some of these bands and notes that during this flourishing time for all-women groups, the 17-piece...