Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra “Cherokee and Redskin Rhumba”
In the latter half of the 1930s, and into the 1940s, white bandleaders began integrating with more confidence and regularity. Benny Goodman, always ahead of the swing, so to speak, hired Charlie Christian, Cootie Williams, Sid Catlett and others. Billie Holiday sang briefly with Artie Shaw, and June Richmond did the same with Jimmy Dorsey. […]