Swing jazz style http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(jazz_performance_style )
Big bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_band
In brief...
http://www.redhotjazz.com/bigband.html
Swing http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007297642x/student_view0/chapter6/
The Cotton Club Movie - Directed by Francis Ford Coppola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7m4F5GlS5Q
The Big Band Era and its Impact Worldwide Wiki – Nice!
http://fsuworldmusiconline.wikidot.com/sitar
Tin Pan Alley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley
YouTube general links
Monsters Inc theme FUN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMwSNDRP90o
The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcDkUf6rz60
Swing Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuLUOk--yxg
The Andrews Sisters “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafnJ6mRbgk compare with
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy & Sing Sing Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LLisani2a4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE5aolML1fQ
Jerry Lewis – “Cute”: song routine from “Cinderfella” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTYN1LyMGw
Swing Time - Rogers and Astaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ

Cab Calloway TAP DANCE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF3KOLS9qLg
Blues Brothers - Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ5gCGJorKk
Big Band - One O'Clock Jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbFgtic-IBk
Buddy Rich / One O'Clock Jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzIQYJ0bjFA
Band Specific:
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukRwWSXYXw
Tommy Dorsey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmgv1ywdkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo0SPiXDGoI
Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA
Glenn Miller LIVE - "In The Mood" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teJfuKdzbOo
"MOONLIGHT SERENADE" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjq1aTLjrOE
BENNY GOODMAN - SING, SING, SING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A
Coleman Hawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oA3xEjJLos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7J4PgrRsY
Duke Ellington - Symphony In Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTT9Su1d-VE
Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY
Duke Ellington – Caravan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkLBSLxo5LE
Duke Ellington Masters (1965) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sjblH8bnw

Duke Ellington ISFAHAN - played by Johnny Hodges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxYj6SCKXos
Duke Ellington - Jungle Nights In Harlem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVlxa2kgjg
Count Basie and his Orchestra (1965) – April in Paris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enijgnO_UA8
Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'clock Jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qgy0yfJAL4
Count BASIE - La Grande Parade Du Jazz 1978 Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_TCydS3x4
Count Basie - Basie Boogie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhfygIZSr5M lester young jammin the blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EYOdIr-HE
Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Fine and Mellow (1957) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhdYoWhBKhM