Ella Fitzgerald with the Dizzie Gillespie Orchestra

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• 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…

• 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…