In watching the Ken Burn's documentry on Swing I thought it whe was really entertaining to see the way people "swing" danced, I wish that people still danced like that today . So much of today's music anc dance has evoloved from this era it is amazing. You see traces of swing dance in break dancing and hip hop and you can hear how the sound of swing music has leaked into some of the leading bands today. It is unfortunate that many of the black performers were not really appreciated at the time that they were making their music but I think that their influence and talent is recognized more today and it's great that we can look back now and see what was really going on.