As the Roaring Twenties accelerate, Paul Whiteman, a white bandleader, sells millions of records playing a sweet, symphonic jazz. Louis Armstrong comes to New York, adding his improvisational brilliance to the band's new sound - and soon Armstrong is showing the whole world how to swing.
During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble.
Currents of change in American now impact Jazz.
The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before.
