Swing City Episode , 4 A Jammin Uptown Pt. 1

Jammin Uptown Pt. 1 is a look at Afrikan American entertainment during the 1930 s and 40 s and how it served as a role model for its White American counterpart. We begin Jammin Uptown Pt. 1 with a 1948 performance with Lionel Hampton featuring one of the earliest clips of vocalist Betty Carter on film followed by a 1947 performance with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and I believe with his wife Lorraine Gillespie dancing ending with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra from