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: Duke Ellington

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Tony BennettConcert Thursday 23 May 2013	Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall San Francisco, United States 37.777702 -122.419553	Add shout
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Tony BennettConcert Wednesday 12 June 2013	Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR, United States 44.04941 -123.092728	Add shout
Sunday 16 June 2013
Tony BennettConcert Sunday 16 June 2013	McMenamins Historic Edgefield Manor Troutdale, Portland, United States 45.538357 -122.409019	Add shout
Sunday 23 June 2013
Caravan PalaceConcert Sunday 23 June 2013	Brighton Music Hall Boston MA, Boston, United States 42.3529 -71.132613	1 going 1 shout
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Caravan PalaceConcert Tuesday 25 June 2013	TLA / Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia, United States 39.941481 -75.148652	1 going Add shout
Thursday 27 June 2013
Caravan PalaceConcert Thursday 27 June 2013	Irving Plaza New York NY, United States 40.73484 -73.988376	4 going Add shout

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sexfinder

Robbie Williams at the Royal Albert Hall, England = Brilliant

January 2013
njokmo413

i dont think michael bubble, robbie williams or even squirrels belong here..

December 2012
Maddieman

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December 2012
vision895

Robbie Williams Swing album is awesome (2)

October 2012
phoenix998

Robbie Williams swing album is awesome

October 2012
ilivebymusic

Michael Bublé we love you but I don't think you belong here.

May 2012
JustAKayee

Go listen to Robbie's swing album, it's surprisingly good.

April 2012
PolarAurora

My brand new electro swing mix: http://soundcloud.com/sinatrex/global-swing

April 2012