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
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That's Amore at Springfield Symphony Hall
That's Amore
Springfield…
Springfield, United States
42.101315 -72.589213

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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

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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
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Dec 1 Tuesday 1 December 2009
That's Amore at Chevrolet Centre
That's Amore
Chevrolet Centre
Youngstown, United States
41.095799 -80.649176

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Christabel and The Jons Mucky Duck
Houston TX, United States
29.732667 -95.417089

1 person attending
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