About this episode

This episode features discussions on jazz royalty, the original King of Swing, and stories from the big band era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, some "royalty" of jazz, the original King of Swing, a forgotten record label, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Bressler

Topics covered

• jazz
• big band era
• music history
• record labels
• stories

Keywords

• jazz
• King of Swing
• big band
• music history
• record label

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: forgotten record label

Books & works: Make Believe Ballroom

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