Swing City Episode 5 A Crazy Swing Pt. 1 Uptempo Swing

Crazy Swing Pt. 1 is a look at the uptempo aspect of the Swing Era with its wild and adventurous tempos. Featured are 6 performers for this 2 part episode. We begin Crazy Swing Part 1 with drummer Big Sid Catlett and his band performing Just A Riff from 1945 with Eddie Lockjaw Davis playing tenor sax followed by Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra in 1948 performing Things To Come and ending with James Von Streeter with the Maxwell Davis band performing Crazy Swing from