In 1998, the Gap debuted a commercial with showboating young swing dancers promoting khaki pants. That's how people got their ideas. They just watched the movies. People embrace swing because it's fun, says Bergstrom. It's also great exercise.
Swing is a way to dance together.
There's such a good feeling when your body is moving in sync with the music and your partner. He's attracted to the music because of its history. It's kind of a way to relate to the past. Those movies, though, weren't his first exposure to jazz or big band sounds. Like Rosenbaum, Jeff Parker fell in love with the history behind the music.