1930 Armstrong is by now enunciating no more than one beat per measure. His music swings like nothing before.
Swing is under way.
Louie is recording more excellent big band Swing sides such as St Louis Blues , Dallas Blues , Confessin , If I Could Be With You , and others. Armstrong's manager is now small time hood Joe Glaser. Glaser will make Louie rich but will lead him to commerciality. Ellington appears in a movie Check and Double Check with Amos and Andy. Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster debuts with the Gene Coy band and then joins the Jug Allen band.