It's Got that Swing

In "The Never Ending Ball," an interview on the website All About Jazz, the distinguished writer and critic Nat Hentoff discusses giving a talk to some 4th graders in Manhattan about jazz. To start his presentation, Hentoff puts on a recording of George Lewis. Immediately the children get up from their desks and start dancing. The teacher joins in.

Here's some George Lewis now.






I played this recording for my daughter the other day. She said, "Of course they had to dance. It's got that swing."