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: Jay McShann

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Jul 11 Saturday 11 July 2009 Today
Royal Crown Revue Saint Rocke
Hermosa Beach, CA, Los Angeles, United States
33.856013 -118.390496

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Lake Superior Big…
Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
46.778035 -90.89351

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Jul 16 Thursday 16 July 2009
Wayne Newton at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino
Wayne Newton
San Manuel Indian…
Highland, United States
34.150382 -117.227316

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Jul 17 Friday 17 July 2009
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Showcase Live
Foxboro, Boston, United States
42.093279 -71.263611

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Jul 18 Saturday 18 July 2009
Matt Dusk LLBean Discovery…
Freeport, ME, United States
43.857236 -70.102819

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Jul 22 Wednesday 22 July 2009
Squirrel Nut Zippers Belly Up Tavern
Solana Beach, San Diego, United States
32.990941 -117.270629

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