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| | Swing (genre) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | 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. | | | In later decades, the popular, sterilized, mass-market form of swing music would often, and unfortunately, be the first taste that younger generations might be exposed to, which often led to it begin labeled something akin to 'old fogey big-band dance music'. | | | After a long hiatus, though, jazz music was eventually readmitted to Soviet audiences. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music
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| | Swing rhythm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In dance music, swing rhythm generally refers to the metre of the music, rather than to this convention of notation, so any music played with the triplet timing and swing accent will be referred to as swing rhythm however it is written, see below. | | | Swing (genre) for music of the swing era. | | | In later rock and roll music it is unusual but not unknown. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(music)
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| | What is swing music? |
| | Swing music is composed to a fairly strict formula, and in almost all cases (the exceptions being acts of deliberate rebellion, which do not often appear in dances anyway), they consist of two contrasting themes called the A and B themes. | | | The heyday of Swing coincided with the that of the Big Bands, so if you are looking for swing music, big bands CDs are a safe bet. | | | Breaks are sections of a piece of swing music, usually 8 (or 16) beats long, in which the normal flow is broken. |
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http://www.retroswingusa.com/whatisswingmusic.htm
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| | What is Swing? |
| | Swing music is a kind of Jazz music. | | | Swing music started in the mid-1920's, and was really popular among African Americans until it entered the mainstream around 1935. | | | Swing music does not have a hard beat. |
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http://dancing.org/swing-what-is.html
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| | Between the Wars: The Swing Era |
| | Swing bands typically used an upright or double bass instead of the tuba which had often characterized dixieland, and played repeated "riffs" to give the music its propulsive rhythmic force. | | | By the late twenties, musicians had begun modifying the forms of "jazz." In the 1930s a new form of jazz had emerged, called "swing." Swing music was characterized by very large bands, fixed, usually written arrangements, and solos by individual musicians in turn instead of group improvisation. | | | Imperfect, hedged in by systematic inequalities, swing music and culture nevertheless built bridges between black, white and Hispanic listeners. |
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http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/swing.html
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| | Swing Music Net - Big Band Music / Jazz History |
| | Big Band Music + Mainstream Jazz = Swing Music... | | | The period of the 1930s and 1940s is thus far the only age in history when the popularity of jazz eclipsed all other genres of music in the U.S. It is an epoch known as the big band era, and during it swing music was king. | | | The language of swing is still spoken today by a number of talented latter-day jazz musicians and modern swing bands. |
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http://www.swingmusic.net
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| | Swing History origins of Swing Dance |
| | Jitterbug was danced to Country-Western music in Country-Western bars, and popularized in the 1980's. | | | With the discovery of the Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug, the communities began dancing to the contemporary Jazz and Swing music as it was evolving at the time, with Benny Goodman leading the action. | | | Country-Western Swing: a style of Jitterbug popularized during the 1980's and danced to Country and Western music. |
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http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/swing.htm
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| | Roughstock's History of Country Music - Western Swing |
| | Musically, it contributed the drums and Hawaiian Steel Guitar to Country Music. | | | It was a Saturday night dance type of music which combined the style of jazz and big band swing with the culture of the Southwest. | | | He perfected this style in the late 1930's with his band the "Texas Playboys." Many of his greatest hits were recorded between 1936 and 1943. |
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http://www.roughstock.com/history/westernswing.html
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| | Swing-Jazz Educational Cybertour |
| | Choose a jazz chart and use it to perform the following musical analysis. | | | This cybertour is designed to begin high school age music student on a journey through jazz music. | | | I hope that your tour through the musical forms of jazz and swing was creative and interesting. |
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http://www.montana.edu/cybertour/music/6to12/prestonl
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| | WowEssays.com - Swing Music |
| | While dancing and listening to swing music people talk differently. | | | Dancing is a very big part of swing music. | | | Performed swing songs were heard at live performances, like dances or over the radio. |
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http://www.wowessays.com/dbase/ad5/blc424.shtml
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| | Boston swing band has big band sound with 6 pieces plus vocalist. |
| | Our swing music is both great dance music and interesting concert jazz, and it fulfills many different functions — wedding reception music, swing dance music, concert jazz, big band swing music, and corporate entertainment. | | | Swing music is universally popular because it is high-energy, danceable, and accessible without sacrificing musical quality. | | | Boston swing band has big band sound with 6 pieces plus vocalist. |
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http://www.swinglegacy.com
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Swing Kids: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] |
| | Although the music is good to listen to the styles don't mesh. | | | However, the music is light, bouncy and rather catchy, considering many of the tunes on this CD are catchy and jazz standards. | | | This cd is excellent for those who want a variety of songs to practice their swing dance technique, and you get a bonus of some moving melodic music as well. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000OC4?v=glance
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| | Swing That Music |
| | Pretty soon the record fans and other followers of swing music began to form clubs and to publish their own music journals. | | | They believe it is an important advance in the history of all music and are working together to have it recognized that way. | | | Now the basic idea of swing music is not new. |
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/armstrongtext.html
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| | HUP Popular Music/Jazz/Swing Changes/Excerpts |
| | To begin with, swing's jazz-oriented dance music was the leading (though certainly not the only) form of popular music during those years. | | | "Swing music doesn't exist, but swing musicians do. | | | His "Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" had been recorded in 1932, and the term had appeared in jazz recordings since the 1920s. |
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http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/popmusic/excerpts/swinge1.html
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| | LA SWING & LINDY HOP! - SWING HISTORY |
| | American jazz music was a major influence to social dance. | | | The early jazz sounds originated as a result of Irish and African-American music forms, much of which originated from the Louisiana bayous and New Orleans. | | | The music evolved into swing jazz during the 1930's, and attracted big bands, large dance halls, AND... |
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http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/1404/history.html
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| | A Definition of Swing Music |
| | All professional MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) sequencers Master Tracks Pro, Band-In-A-Box, Cubase, Performer, Composer, etc. all let you apply a swing feel to a point in between 66.7 and 75% of the time period between the beats you are adjusting the swing to. | | | Since the Music Dictionary defines swing with Duke Ellington, listen to Satin Doll, Perdido, Take The A Train, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, I m Just A Lucky So And So, Love You Madly, etc. I played all of these tunes in the jazz band when I was in school. | | | I have done more research, I have listened to scores of swing records, I have analyzed a few commercial MIDI sequences I have purchased over the years, I have discussed this with a few other professional musicians, and I have analyzed the swing feel feature of a couple of drum machines and professional sequencing packages. |
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http://www.swingcraze.com/ussds/swing_definition.html
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| | Music from the 30's and 40's, Big Band, Swing Music, CD's |
| | Bermuda House of Music also offers a wide variety of musical genres from children's music, piano bar and inspirational to vintage radio broadcast recordings. | | | Music from the 30's and 40's, Big Band, Swing Music, CD's | | | For Inspirational music we have recordings by the Holy Family Youth Choir including patriotic music for our times. |
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http://www.bermudahouse.com
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| | Online NewsHour: Back In The Swing December 2, 1998 |
| | SPENCER MICHELS: Manning danced to swing music that he says had its roots in African-American jazz of the 20s and 30s. | | | Eighty-four-year-old Frankie Mann, who still teaches dancing, was there at the beginning, at the swing dance contest in New York's Harlem. | | | Big bands like Bennie Goodman modified the jazz they were playing and moved into swing, making the music more easily danceable. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec98/swing_12-2.html
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| | Swing Blues Jump Blues Guitar Lessons |
| | It's a music you can dance to, that has elements of blues and was to be the stomping ground for Jazz and Bebop. | | | This music is still popular and being played. | | | The earliest versions of Swing music have been around since the 1920's. |
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http://www.swingblues.com
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| | History of Swing Music |
| | The development of swing coincided with the emergence by 1932 of the 13-piece dance band; the music was thus most often played in "big bands" such as those led by Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Earl Hines. | | | However, the musicians themselves often preferred to work in smaller groups, which allowed more scope for solo improvisation and the repertory of which was not restricted to dance music. | | | Important small groups working in this style included Goodman's combos, the Brunswick recording bands led by Teddy Wilson, the John Kirby Sextet, and various ad hoc recording groups drawn from the Ellington and Basie bands. |
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http://www.andersonsymphony.com/ecsb/history.htm
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: J: Jazz: Swing |
| | Soundies - A Chicago based music label specializing in the development of previously unreleased music from the Golden Age of American entertainment. | | | Swing Baby, Swing - Swing dancing photographs for the San Francisco Bay area along with CD shopping links for an extensive list of swing bands and artists. | | | Also features reviews of swing music and information on retro hairstyles. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/J/Jazz/Swing
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| | Swing Music - VeggieBoards |
| | The problem with swing music is that it's so hard to find nowadays, but I've found that I can get most of the groups on deepdiscountcd.com for under $13/CD which is pretty good for Swing music. | | | The swing movement has pretty much died, but I still love the music and still love to dance to it. | | | we're dancing not only to the music of Benny Goodman and Louis Jordan, but also to the jump-jiving faster-paced retro bands such as the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies and the Brian Setzer Orchestra with their modern, updated stylings of Big Band era music. |
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http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=20858
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| | Roots66: Music: Western Bands |
| | The Sounds of Texas Music Series A unique concert series in Conroe, TX, that combines exclusive artist pairings with the perfect acoustics of an historic theatre that hosts plays and musicals that are performed unmiked, but easily heard in the last row of the balcony. | | | Song and music are as natural to him as the songbirds that sing outside his home in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. | | | Moonshine swillin' acoustic music that will alternately move and rock you. |
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http://www.roots66.com/roots66/music/west/index.shtml
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| | Western Swing |
| | Hofner, as a descendent of Czech immigrants, freely mixed Bohemian waltzes and polkas with his music. | | | Country cousins of these youngsters were doing the same, but not in ballrooms and not to the "uptown" bands whose names most readily come to mind when the era of swing music is recalled. | | | 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. |
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http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/western/westdex.html
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| | Welcome to The BigBands Database Plus |
| | For awhile, other music was to take the place of the great bands, but with the new millenium, a new generation has re-discovered Swing and Jazz. | | | Loyal and enthusiatic fans followed all the 'doings' of their favorite band. | | | You may search our site by band, musician, song, or keyword to learn about the big band era in this country and abroad; study chords; find out about Dixieland, jazz, the Harlem scene, swing, and Latin bands; learn dances; see the charts; find working bands; and lots more. |
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| | Swingin' Down The Lane w/ David Miller - Homepage - Big Band Music - Swing Music on NPR |
| | Swing music went into hibernation for a while, as vocalists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como stole the spotlight away. | | | Big bands have been around since the 1920's, and the recent interest in swing music has rekindled the flame. | | | Swingin' Down The Lane w/ David Miller - Homepage - Big Band Music - Swing Music on NPR |
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Music / Swing era bandleader Artie Shaw, 94, dies |
| | In 1940, he appeared in another musical, "Second Chorus," and got two Academy Award nominations for his musical contributions -- for best score and best song ("Love of My Life"). | | | The jazz legend who epitomized the Big Band era with hits such as "Begin the Beguine" and "Stardust" before abandoning the music world for writing and other pursuits, died Thursday. | | | Entertainment mogul Merv Griffin, a former big band crooner, praised Shaw's musical accomplishments Thursday and said his romantic exploits made him the "Howard Hughes of the clarinet." |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/12/31/star_bandleader_artie_shaw_dies_at_94
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| | Benny Goodman Swing Big Band Leader - 1956 |
| | This ushered in the swing band craze which dominated (and saved) the recording industry for another 10 years. | | | The King of Swing played the room almost 20 years ago and, musically speaking, you'd never know a month had gone by. | | | It makes you wonder how it was possible to be without Benny's music for so long. |
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http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/BennyGoodmanReview.html
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| | Amazon.com: Music: The Swing |
| | The Swing is a somewhat left field album for INXS up until this time. | | | A great example of some music from 1984 and it seems to contain the better merits of new wave of the time. |
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| | Radio King Orchestra |
| | They embrace all musical styles with a passion that entices the "listener" to become the "dancer" which makes this group the perfect package for any wedding or private event. | | | From the appearance of the entire band to the music performed, they are a package complete with elegance, style, extraordinary sound and contagious excitement! | | | His credentials range from playing in pit orchestras of touring Broadway musicals to playing lead trumpet in Washington and Baltimore area big bands. |
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| |  Maddox cherishes music legacy ... |
| | The induction took place amid four days of music and ceremonies in Sacramento, where the Western Swing Music Hall is based. | | | Don Maddox of Ashland has been inducted into the Western Swing Music Hall of Fame. | | | The act included plenty of comedy along with music. |
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http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/1013/local/stories/15local.htm
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| | Music |
| | Ripete Records The premiere "beach music" distributor a must for swing dancers as well. | | | Music For Dancing (Formerly "Greg's World") Lots of good music info by DJ Greg Palmerton and the NYC WCS Top 10 | | | Rockhouse Music Site Rockhouse offers on this site one of the most interesting swinging and rocking sites on line. |
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http://www.swingcraze.com/ussds/music.html
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| | Rudy Vallee |
| | To illustrate this, I suggest you listen to his recorded masterpiece, his vocalization of "I Surrender, Dear." You may say that it is not singing, that it is no beauty, that a beautiful romantic song has been treated as a madman would treat it, and I must, perforce, agree with you. | | | They often seem to be the result of a chaotic, disorganized mind struggling to express itself, but those who know anything about modern music recognize his perfect command of time spacing, of rhythm, harmony, and pitch and his flawless understanding of the effects he is striving to achieve. | | | And then he may smile his wide smile and say, as he says so ludicrously in his recording of the tune of that name: "I hope Gabriel likes my music!" |
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/swingtext1.html
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| | Welcome to Swing Branson |
| | By the 1980s Swing music had a great resurgence, first in England, then across America as swing dance clubs, and new-swing bands made it one of the most popular forms of music everywhere. | | | Magically, Swing music, which was called “America's music” by President Roosevelt during WWII, held its own over time. | | | Florida, and Indianapolis, Indiana, will premiere at the Gaslighter Theatre in Branson, Missouri, in March 2004. |
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http://www.swingbranson.com
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| | The Swing Machine! Swing, Jazz, Music, Dance, and Culture. This page is the home of such topics as the following: jazz, ... |
| | The Audio clips section of the Music Archive is gone, because we had no audio clips. | | | This page is the home of such topics as the following: jazz, swing, music, dance, dancing, swing dance, swing dancing, lindy hop, lindy, hop, lindyhop, dance music, swing jazz, culture, jazz-man, jazzman, midi, web, ring, webring, web ring, swingring, swing ring, josh, hansen, josh hansen, ben wilson, brandon wilson, archive, music archive, archives, music archives | | | The Swing Machine is yourhip-hop hot-stop for Swing, Jazz, Music, Dance, and Culture! |
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| | Rons Swing CD Reviews - Home |
| | I'll try to note where the band is from, the style of music, some idea about the tempos of the songs, when the songs were recorded, and if the album is composed of originals or covers. | | | Some of the things I look for are music and vocals on key, band tight and in sync, interesting melodies, interesting solos, dynamics, and variety. | | | Swing That Music - Swing That Music (1994) |
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http://www.swingorama.com/music/ronsrevshome.html
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| | Swing Cat: Swing, Folk and Fiddle Recordings |
| | Swing Cat is proud to offer four volumes of transcriptions of the music of Juan Reynoso. | | | These transcriptions have accompanying compact discs and are extremely accurately notated. |
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| | Review: Brave Combo, Mood Swing Music - Scott A. Miller |
| | and has given music fans the happiness equivalent of finding a $20 bill in the laundry. | | | But the Combo has recorded so many styles from around the world that a sampler is probably the only way to get a sense of the band's true gift for making authentic world music fun. | | | Brave Combo records entire albums of polka to make people happy simply because ringleader Carl Finch and his band of merry men believe above all that music should be fun. |
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http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1997/01.07/revbrave.html
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| | AOL Music: AOL Music |
| | Find comprehensive artist, album, music video and song info on aolmusic.com. | | | We're sorry, there is no album associated with this page. |
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http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?tab=album&artistid=309938&albumid=377753
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| | NEW YORK SWING BAND STAN WIEST ENTERTAINMENT NEW YORK SWING ORCHESTRA, NEW YORK SWING MUSIC NEW YORK ORCHESTRA |
| | Go to his website and take a look at the 112 music pages he has set up. | | | The list of musicians he can get for you is enormous, since he handles everything from ballroom dance bands to steel drums, mariachi groups, bagpipers, bluegrass bands,classical groups, Greek bouzouki music, sitars, German Octoberfest, and even DJ's. | | | "With over 17 bands and orchestras working for him, Stan Wiest can get you the perfect music for your wedding, and, because he's a member of the Association of Bridal Consultants, Wiest really understands the intricacies of wedding performances. |
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http://www.stanwiest.com/ny_swing_band.htm
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| | Western Swing Music King of New York Nolan Bruce Allen |
| | Western Swing Music King of New York Nolan Bruce Allen | | | NBA and his LONE STAR WESTERN SWING BAND have performed Western Swing Music since the early 1970's. | | | While serving our country in Korea he played lead guitar on Army-broadcast country music radio shows. |
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http://www.lonestarband.com
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| | swingin' west- an award winning western swing music radio program |
| | Welcome to Swingin' West, the radio show that spotlights vintage and contemporary Western Swing music and related sounds. | | | Learn all about the Western Swing style of music, the history of this genre as well as today's music groups and organizations | | | Memories of some of the artists of Western Swing and Western Music |
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http://www.swinginwest.com
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| | Swing-Music.com: swing music & dancing info, cds, videos, mp3s, clothes, etc |
| | is the source for swing music, swing dancing information and videos, articles, cds, downloads, clothes, shirts, posters, and more. | | | Musician's Shop Search and shop for sheet music and various musical equip. | | | Swing-Music.com: swing music and dancing info, cds, videos, mp3s, clothes, etc |
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| | Western Swing Monthly |
| | A complete and up to the minute listing of dances, shows, festivals and events playing Western Swing music. | | | Sacramento Western Swing Society's 24th Annual Hall of Fame Music Festival in Sacramento, CA Oct 20 | | | Be sure to stop by the new music store! |
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http://wswing.home.texas.net
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| | SwingOrama Swing Dance, Lindy Hop, Music, Clothing and More |
| | Your San Diego instructors have banded together to bring you an awesome weekend full of music, dancing, workshops and getting to know Frankie. | | | Nathan James (guitar, vocals, foot percussion, harmonica) has become a well recognized blues guitarist in Southern California, as the guitarist for the internationally known James Harman Band. | | | Locations, instructors, bands, etc are being finalized as I type this. |
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| | Raper's Dance Corner |
| | The people dancing to swing music were referred to as Jitterbugs - no matter what dance they were doing. | | | For further definitions see Elements of Music or HELP | | | This is an advanced form of west coast swing dance that allows the leader or follower to extend patterns at will with their own interpretive styling to the music. |
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http://www.swingdance.com/swingdef.html
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| | Swing Out New York Swing Dance Server |
| | Also, Monday Nights at Swing 46, Saturday Night Dances at the 92nd Steet Y. Frankie Manning (the "Frankie Manning") | | | Recorded Live at Frankie Manning's 85th Birthday Party at Roseland. | | | I recommend Margaret to people who want to learn the fundamentals of all swing dancing, not just a particular style. |
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http://www.swingout-ny.com
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| | London swing dance classes, clubs, events and information - Swingland for lindy hop, east coast swing, jitterbug, jive ... |
| | Swingland also provides extensive information and links for swing music and dance in London, the UK, and internationally - CD's, books and videos, fashion and accessories, bands - and lots more! | | | Do you love the music of Frank, Dean and the Rat Pack, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, the great big bands of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glen Miller, the jump-jive of Louis Jordan and Louis Prima or the neo sounds of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Royal Crown Revue? | | | Swingland can provide private dance classes for individuals, couples and groups and top swing DJ Smartie as well as dance displays for parties and functions. |
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| | The Ithaca Swing Dance Network |
| | The Hop is a DJ'd dance with a mix of swing music. | | | links to all points of dance interest; instructors, clubs, music, photos, ithaca | | | The ISDN holds one or more live band dances per month, during the academic year. |
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http://www.dance-ithaca.org
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