This film explores Calloway's musical beginnings and milestones in the context of the Harlem Renaissance and segregationist America. Leading one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s
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Creators
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres:Documentary, Music, History, Biography
