John Levy Smithsonian Interview Block 446 (Q15395)

Yes, they came, but that was - they came into Chicago to play ballrooms, like the Savoy Ballroom, and play theaters, like the Regal Theater, in that period of time that you're speaking of, when their bands came in. But the local groups worked at these clubs for long periods of time. They stayed in one club for a very long period. But the big bands you're talking about, like Duke Ellington and ...