Jazz Episodes on PBS

“Swing: Pure Pleasure” (Part 5 of 10) recalls the years 1935 to '37, when “jazz came as close as it ever came to being America's popular music,” says narrator Keith David. The reason: swing. It “unleashed forces that people didn't know existed,” says critic Gary Giddins.” The result: “pure physical pleasure.” Swing's king: Benny Goodman, who's profiled, as is Jimmy Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw (who's also interviewed) and Billie Holliday, “the most important vocalist in the history of jazz,” says David.