Browsing: swing era

Cab Calloway didn’t just sing jazz – he sold America a whole new sound, style, and slang. Here’s how his showmanship reshaped culture.

Lester “Pres” Young rewrote tenor sax style with airy swing, private slang, and a defiant cool that reshaped jazz and pop culture.

From swing-era powerhouse to Verve icon and late-career survivor, Ella Fitzgerald’s five career eras show how greatness adapts (and sometimes refuses to).