Swing

Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. Swing uses a strong anchoring rhythm section which supports a lead section that can include brass instruments, including trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets or stringed instruments including violin and guitar; medium to fast tempos; and a “lilting” swing time rhythm. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Bernadette Seacrest

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Nov 27 Friday 27 November 2009 Today
7th Annual Brian Setzer Orchestra CHRISTMAS ROCKS! Extravaganza at Strathmore The Brian Setzer Orchestra	Strathmore North Bethesda MD, Washington DC, United States 39.030628 -77.105019	2 people attending Add shout
That's Amore at Springfield Symphony Hall That's Amore	Springfield… Springfield, United States 42.101315 -72.589213	Add shout Buy Tickets
Nov 29 Sunday 29 November 2009
The 7th Annual Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks Extravaganza at Keswick Theatre Brian Setzer Orchestra	Keswick Theatre Glenside (Philadelphia) PA, United States 40.106314 -75.147021	Add shout
Nov 30 Monday 30 November 2009
Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks at Hammerstein Ballroom The Brian Setzer Orchestra	Hammerstein Ballroom New York NY, United States 40.752477 -73.994094	4 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Dec 1 Tuesday 1 December 2009
That's Amore at Chevrolet Centre That's Amore	Chevrolet Centre Youngstown, United States 41.095799 -80.649176	Add shout Buy Tickets
Christabel and The Jons	Mucky Duck Houston TX, United States 29.732667 -95.417089	1 person attending Add shout

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MademoiselleWho wrote:
last month

It's incredible how everybody makes the same comments.. lol

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Bollyhol wrote:
September 2009

michael bublé and robbie willams aren't swing! :O

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schmasi wrote:
September 2009

panej: "swing when youre winning" by robbie williams

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panej wrote:
September 2009

Robbie Williams swing ? WTF?

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itfclass wrote:
August 2009

This is ridiculous. Frank Sinatra does not belong here. Where are all the BLACK artists that CREATED SWING JAZZ and BIG BAND??!!! This is how history is REWRITTEN. What a shame Last.Fm. A shame.

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UmiNoUta wrote:
July 2009

Frank Sinatra???

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jefffq wrote:
July 2009

THIS IS A TRAGEDY maybe we need a '30s swing' tag?

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M0iJeJoue wrote:
June 2009

BlackEyedBoy wrote: Robbie Williams swing ?????? who the hell tagged that? well actually he got an album "Swing when you are winning", all songs are kinda jazz / swing there

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al0209 wrote:
June 2009

Witam wszystkich polskich fanów Michael'a Buble :) Domyślam się, że wielu z Was czeka na zobaczenie i usłyszenie właściciele tego nieziemskiego głosu w Polsce. Dlatego powinniśmy coś w tym celu zdziałać. http://board.michaelbuble.com/ - tutaj na forum - głównej strony Michael'a Buble proszę o jak najszybsze rejestrowanie! Musi nas się skupić na tym forum jak największa ilość osób, niech moderatorzy i inni użytkownicy zobaczą, że jesteśmy silną grupą. Chodzi o rozgłos na oficjalnej stronie. Postarajmy się zawiadomić jak największą liczbę osób, którym tak samo zależy na koncercie MB w Polsce! :) Uprzejmie proszę na początek zajrzeć i napisać coś TU : http://board.michaelbuble.com/index.php?showtopic=21549&pid=439803&st=0&#entry439803

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m877ster wrote:
June 2009

This swing tag is disappointing.

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BlackEyedBoy wrote:
April 2009

Robbie Williams swing ?????? who the hell tagged that?

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corruptboy wrote:
March 2009

Frank Sinatra swing? w a f lol

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Surfmonkey wrote:
February 2009

True. When most people think swing, they think the classic big band acts. Shaw, Ellington, Basie Goodman... those should be the meat and potatoes of this genre, supplemented by stuff like Calloway, Webb (and Ella), Henderson... even Kirk and Lunceford. A lot of what's getting tagged swing is actually dixieland, "trad" jazz and jazz inflected pop music (like Sinatra.) Too bad.

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deOso wrote:
February 2009

I totally agree about genre schooling

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-Huk- wrote:
December 2008

ничо не понял, но пох. свиг рулит!

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
August 2008

i'm wondering how people use the 'swing' tag, do they mean the jazz genre, the classic jazz era, the swing style within a lot of jazz music or some feeling in a tune whatever ? it's used all over the place, and it's of no use to play swing tag radio ... back to music school, fellow music lovers :-)

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