Playing for the King: Ziggy Elman, Benny Goodman, and 1930s Klezmer Swing

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Research Article| January 01 2020 Playing for the King: Ziggy Elman, Benny Goodman, and 1930s Klezmer Swing Sarah Cassie Provost Sarah Cassie Provost SARAH CAISSIE PROVOST is an associate professor of musicology at the University of North Florida. She received her PhD from Brandeis University. Her research interests include the dissemination of jazz history through performance, the experiences of women and minorities in jazz and popular music, and the portrayal of swing-era musicians and dancers on film. Her published and forthcoming works include essays on Mary Lou Williams’s lecture recitals, female jazz instrumentalists’ use of imitation, and the role of Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing” in films. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jazz and Culture (2020) 3 (1): 22–44. https://doi.org/10.5406/jazzculture.3.1.0022 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Sarah Cassie Provost; Playing for the King: Ziggy Elman, Benny Goodman, and 1930s Klezmer Swing. Jazz and Culture 1 January 2020; 3 (1): 22–44. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jazzculture.3.1.0022 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJazz and Culture Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.