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Jack's Big Music Show is an American musical children's television series produced for the Noggin channel. It was created and executive produced by David Rudman , Todd Hannert, and Adam Rudman through their company Spiffy Pictures.
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did phenomenally well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States.
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969).
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is the self-titled debut album by contemporary swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy released on the bands-own record label Big Bad Records. The band re-recorded the songs "Jumpin' Jack" and "King of Swing" for their following full-length album Americana Deluxe.
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]
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Writing for Allmusic, reviewer Scott Yanow described this set: "Classic music with many exciting moments from the King of Swing and his famous sidemen". [1] JazzTimes writer Jack Sohmer stated: "From a strictly musical point of view, the importance of these recordings cannot be overestimated.
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) [1] was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music.