Count Basie and His Orchestra

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• Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington, 1936in “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  Two of the most well-known bandleaders in the country visited the Texas capital in 1936, highlighting a great deal about pop music and segregation in Austin.Read more…

• Photos of the All University Dances: An Image Essayin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  Photographs from All University Dances at the University of Texas are important sources for information about university music culture during the 1930s and 1940s.Read more…

• Gene Ramey: A Snapshot of Music in East Austin between 1910 and the early 1930sin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  An oral history with the Austin-born bassist Gene Ramey from the 1970s tells us significant things about music in East Austin in the first third of the twentieth century.Read more…

• National Bandsin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  Austin hosted a surprising number of famous visiting big bands, orchestras, and jazz musicians during the Depression and World War II era.Read more…

• Swing in Austinin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  Austin was one of the earliest cities to experience the cultural phenomenon of Swing.Read more…

• Territory Music: Local Bandsin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  The major popular music ensembles for public dances in Austin were territory bands, regional bands that created a unique Southwest lineage of jazz and dance music.Read more…

• The “Germans” and the All University Dances, 1901-1946in “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  One of the largest congregations of young Texans in the state, UT provided the biggest source of live modern dance music and Swing in Austin.Read more…