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| | Swing (genre) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Swing bands tended to be bigger and more crowded than other jazz bands, necessitating a slightly more detailed and organized type of composition and notation than was then the norm. | | | They are characterised by the swing rhythm already at that time common in jazz music, and a lively style which is harder to define but distinctive. | | | The second change that occurred as swing music increased in popularity outside the black community, was, to some extent, an increasing pressure on musicians and band leaders to soften (some would say dumb-down) the music to cater to a more staid and conservative, Anglo-American audience. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(genre)
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| | Swing Era: Style |
| | Examination of stylistic musical criticism reveals that the notion that African-American musical forms provided a "raw material" which could not be fully recognized without the intervention of white swing musicians or white scholars studying swing was not new to the "white jazz biopic" of the late '40s and early '50s. | | | Many of the distinctive characteristics of Swing involved the way the music was communicated and absorbed. | | | Such dismissals had been a part of swing from the genre's birth. |
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/estyle.html
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| | Arthur Dove, Art Gallery |
| | Whatever the definition, everybody admits that of all jazz Swing is musically the most vital and interesting. | | | The work dramatizes the Swing genre's uneasiness about the place of race in a now-mainstream music. | | | Armstrong then went on to describe swing music as "a music that is truly American," stating that "until swing music came, America had no music it could really call its own." |
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/dove2.html
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| | A Review by The Phantom Tollbooth |
| | Although better known for an assortment of louder bands from punk to hardcore bands, Tooth and Nail's contribution to the swing genre is a debut release by The Deluxtone Rockets. | | | Each of these eleven tracks is a relentless barrage of speedy swing so boisterous you can easily imagine the number of guitar strings and drumsticks the band breaks while playing. | | | Nonstop rocking swing similar to The W's---there are no lulls in the music, and every track will have you jumping. |
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http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/drockets.html
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| | Top 20 Essential CDs |
| | A great Neo Swing band from Tennessee that puts a bit of a laid-back, country-boogie flair in their music, but still remains true to the lively, fun, traditional art form of Swing music. | | | From the early rhythmic innovations of his 1930s big band, to the smooth-grooving, explosive swing of his 1950s and 60s big bands, to the late, small groups recordings he did with other Jazz Greats (Oscar Peterson or Zoot Sims), Basie was an under-appreciated master of Lindy Hop music. | | | Big Band Swing is the archetypical music for Lindy Hop, to which Lindy Hop was invented, and for which Lindy Hop is best suited. |
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http://www.austinlindy.com/top_20_essential_cds.htm
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| | Studio 88 Swing - It don't mean a thing... If it ain't 88-SWING! |
| | West Coast Swing is danced in a slot on an 8-beat rhythm that suits interestingly all sorts of music, from jazz to modern pop, blues, funk, techno and soul. | | | You will be introduced to steps and styles suited to fast and slow music of every swing genre. | | | Not to be mixed with the Ballroom Jive, this dance is characterized by it 1950s music (rockabilly) and complex arm patterns. |
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http://www.studio88swing.com/classes.en.asp
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| | Western Swing |
| | This 1982 release (on LP) was my primary introduction to the genre. | | | The Complete Recordings of the Father of Western Swing 1932-1937 is exactly what its title suggests -- everything Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies recorded for both Victor and Decca Records, spread out over five compact discs. | | | Western Swing recordings are not easy to find, but the Internet's leading music shop always has them. |
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http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/western/westdex.html
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| | The Music |
| | Swing Jazz is a music that provides a venue for exploration, improvisation and virtuosity on the part of the players (including singers) while at the same time is appealing to listeners and dancers alike because of its exciting rhythms and melodic beauty. | | | In time, pieces from the two repertoires began sneaking into the others' sets, and by the 1940's, it was common to hear the two styles intermixed throughout the course of an evening. | | | From small combos such as Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five to the big bands of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman the vibrant and energetic sounds of Swing Jazz have inspired dancers and captured the hearts of listeners. |
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http://www.zazoumusic.com/aboutmusic.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Swing Kids: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Music: James Horner |
| | Second, I'll explain why the swing recordings on this CD are a must have even though they've been recorded before. | | | The downside to this CD is James Horner's film orchestrations which are mostly not Swing, and manage to interrupt the party just as it settles into its groove. | | | However, the ULTIMATE STROKE OF GENIUS is combining Benny Goodman's "Life Goes To A Party" with Count Basie's "Jumping At The Woodside." Those songs on their original recordings were kind of bland, but mixing them together with a few instrumental rearrangements created a whole new exciting piece. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000OC4?v=glance
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| | WESTERM SWING - A HISTORY |
| | Two of his Globe releases, "Whoa Sailor" and "Swing Wide Your Gate of Love" - both of which were his original tunes, brought him to the attention of Tex Ritter and Hank and the Band were signed by Capitol Records. | | | The folks who came to the roadhouses were of course, all the 'locals', - everyone knew everyone else, and their ages ran from the young folks to the old-timers, friends and neighbors, husbands and wives, all could spend some time listening, drinking and dancing the weekend nights away. | | | They were the first regional band to appear in a Hollywood film, they had a future Texas Governor as one of the group, and two of the original members went on to form famous bands of their own; Bob Wills and Milton Brown. |
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http://nfo.net/usa/weswing.html
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| | SSDS Links |
| | SSDS bands list: over 60 bands, mostly from Syracuse, who play music suitable for some genre of swing dancing. | | | SwingDanceMusic.com: music recommendations for every genre of swing. | | | Jive Deluxe, jump swing band from Nashville TN. |
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http://syrswingdance.org/links.html
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| | EPK Printable Version |
| | As the genre evolved, elements of traditional eastern European folk music began to play a heavier role in the style as well. | | | Specializing in the style of Django Reinhardt, The Wail is made of mandolin, guitar, bass, and killer female vocals with snare percussion. | | | Highlights of the album include a beautiful arrangement of the traditional Russian folk number “Dark Eyes” and a wonderfully expressive version of “Minor Swing” by Django. |
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http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk_printable.asp?epk_id=2963&poll_id=
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| | Never been swing dancing before? |
| | For example, swing dancing can be done to big band, jazz, boogie woogie, rock n' roll, R and B, soul, disco, and contemporary pop. | | | Is the music the same at all the different swing venues? | | | Cafe Savoy was the name of the first San Diego underground swing/Lindy club that we started back in 1999. |
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http://www.cafesavoy.com/NewToSwing.html
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| | Dance Spirit Magazine - Bring In 'Da Funk |
| | He explains that while swing jazz accents the 1, 4 and 8 beats of a musical phrase, hip hop typically accents the 3 and 7. | | | He says there’s a natural way to blend both swing and hip hop music and, like David, he feels that if dancers are connected with the music, the dance will naturally evolve. | | | Isolations, pops and body rolls are frequent additions to his choreography that have been incorporated into his smooth style. |
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http://www.dancespirit.com/backissues/march01/intheswing.shtml
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| | JazzMando.com Promoting the mandolin as a legitimate, sonorous voice in the jazz genre. |
| | Compositionally mature, this project is the fusion (pun intended) of acoustic mandolin and sophisticated electric guitar. | | | Hidden in a recording vault for nearly a decade, we glimpse into the humor and warmth of the grace of Burns and violin master Keith Coleman. | | | The pentultimate Tunesmith, he makes the mandolin tell stories, tastefully complemented with harmonica, acoustic guitar, bass and drums, and a sweet gypsy violin. |
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http://jazzmando.com/recommended_listening.shtml
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| | Guitar Notes Discussion Forum: Jersey Bounce |
| | The song Jersey Bounce was written Lyrics by Robert B. Wright, and the usic was wrtten by Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw and Edward Johnson. | | | The song comes from the Big Band Era of the 1930's to date and represents one of many songs that known as SWING music styles. | | | Happy to know the lyrics and thanks for your explanation... |
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http://www.guitarnotes.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000117
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| | Midterm review |
| | For each one, you will need to know four things: the title of the piece, composer or performer (whichever is relevant), the genre (i.e., New Orleans jazz, Swing), and a "significant" piece of information about it. | | | According to Simon in "The Big Bands," what are the four factors that contributed most to the success of certain bands? | | | Who is primarily responsible for the "sound" of a particular big band? |
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http://www.uky.edu/~ldnels00/mus300/midterm.html
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| | Suzy Bogguss Swing |
| | Joining Bogguss is Asleep At The Wheel’s Ray Benson, who exerts a great deal of creative control over the recording, casting the songs in a more commercially appealing light than a hard western swing one. | | | Bogguss has a perfect voice for this material, and I would hazard to say a better voice than many of the recent vocal jazz recordings crossing my desk. | | | But added to this palette are the more contemporary songs of April Barrows, including the very innovative and clever “Burning the Toast” and “Cupid Shots Us Both With One Arrow.” Benson’s trademark guitar is present throughout and Jason Robert’s fiddle provides just enough of the swing in this western swing recording. |
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http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0603_097.htm
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| | Christmas CD Titles by Genre - Swing (Christmasreviews.com) |
| | Christmas CD Titles by Genre - Swing (Christmasreviews.com) | | | Harry Allen, Christmas in Swingtime Read more about this release | | | D's 3, Christmas at the Rockhouse Read more about this release |
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http://www.christmasreviews.com/xunigpswing1.shtml
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| | PopMatters Columns Iain Ellis Alternative Rock Cultures Cab Calloway: Original Rapper |
| | Particularly in current hip-hop pranksta Andre 3000, one witnesses Calloway's musical heir enjoying a celebrated career by integrating Cab-style wit and showmanship into his music, moves, and wardrobe. | | | Lyrically, Calloway created a homology of dreams, too, fragments of scenes from the fantasy jazz world. | | | Like hip-hop, the lyrics of Cab-style swing were drawn from African-American city streets. |
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http://www.popmatters.com/music/columns/ellis/051118.shtml
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| | Green Hill Productions® - Western Swing |
| | Inspired by the timeless music of Bob Wills, this recording highlights the Western Swing genre with musical perfection! | | | Three part fiddles, guitar, piano, and bass make up the core of this lively recording. | | | Some describe Western Swing as being somewhere between Country-Western and Big Band Swing. |
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http://www.greenhillmusic.com/ghTitlePage.asp?P=5046
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Swing |
| | Swing, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical celebrating swing music. | | | Swing (film), a film made in 2003 starring Jacqueline Bisset. | | | A swing seat in Australia, a swing state in the United States or a swing riding in Canada is an electoral division that may "swing" from one party to another at an election. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/S/SW/SWI/Swing
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| | swing - Wiktionary |
| | (music) The genre of music associated with swing dancing; see w:swing (genre). | | | The amount of change, particularly in the number of votes in an election. | | | He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing. |
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swing
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| | Atlanta Swing Orchestra |
| | A fresh big band sound in Atlanta, not at all like the Blue Notes or Tke Note. | | | in the tradition of the great swing bands... | | | Contents Copyright 2002-2005 by Atlanta Swing Orchestra, Atlanta GA USA |
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http://www.atlantaswing.org
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| | Swing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Swing (genre), a style of music, also called swing jazz | | | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. | | | Swing (politics), in a British political context, an indication of the scale of voter change |
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| | SHOUTcast - HOME |
| | Les Brown - Come To Baby, Do [Jazz Big Band & Swing] | | | Ray Gelato Meets the Goodfellas - Things Ain`t what They Used To Be [Big Band Swing Nostalgi] | | | [The best of Swing & Big B] Swing Chicago! |
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http://www.shoutcast.com/directory?sgenre=Swing
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| | Hot Jazz Guitar - International Jazz Guitar Website and Forum |
| | Django Reinhardt contributed so much to the present world of jazz guitar playing that it would be a major oversight to omit him and the style. | | | Gypsy Jazz - The Players, The Guitars, the Genre - is now represented on the Website and the Forum. |
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http://fulbrightit.com/HJG/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=2
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| | Swing High, Swing Low |
| | Swing High Swing Low is a new coat of paint on the old stage play Burlesque, first filmed in 1929 as The Dance of Life. | | | In the film's calculatedly teary finale, Skid is rescued emotionally and professionally by Maggie, now a big star in her own right. | | | As indicated by the synopsis, the film is banal and old-hat, but the stars are terrific, especially Carole Lombard, who sings in several scenes (and not all that badly!) Swing High, Swing Low was remade in 1948 as When My Baby Smiles at Me. |
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http://www.djangomusic.com/item_movie.asp?id=V++++48161
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| | Nintendo.com Games : True Swing Golf |
| | Are you going to approach the green on the risky bunker side or hit to the fat of the green and leave a long putt? | | | Look for it to set the pace for future DS golf titles. | | | As your opponent prepares to hit the ball, you can give him or her some encouragement through PictoChat, which then appears on their top screen. |
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http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=1fcbd7dd-a277-4134-b38e-b7e542999ac8
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| | Swing (2003/I) |
| | Its a romantic comedy that tugs at the heart strings and serves up some hot swing music. | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it | | | It has 2 very appealing leads and a solid cast. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358722
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| | Blizzard Records : Artist : BadaBing BadaBoom |
| | Album Title: Volume II Genre: Ska / Swing | | | Album Title: Jonesin' To Swing Genre: Ska / Swing | | | 1: If You Could Swing It 2: Crisp White Shirt |
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http://www.blizzardrecords.com/artist.php?artist_id=373
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| | Article about "Swing" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 |
| | If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. | | | film made in 2003 starring Jacqueline Bisset; see Swing (film) | | | kind of dance: Swing (dance), including West Coast Swing and East Coast Swing |
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http://fixedreference.org/en/20040424/wikipedia/Swing
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| | Games : Audio/Video : True Swing Golf |
| | Register now to unlock exclusive stuff just for members. | | | Check out this top-screen video of the game and make sure you get your hands on a copy to discover the innovative swing mechanic. | | | The golf genre gets redefined with True Swing Golf for the Nintendo DS. |
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http://nintendo.com/gameminiav?gameid=1fcbd7dd-a277-4134-b38e-b7e542999ac8
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| | Swing |
| | Certain Swing article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine. |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10002814-swing
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