| 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 brass section including saxophones, trumpets, and trombones; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing style of bandleaders such as Benny Goodman and Count Basie was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1945. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong rhythmic "groove" or drive. |
"Laura" - The Original Knights of Swing band; Willie Smith (alto sax) "Black Orpheus" - Bert Brandsma Swing Trio Winfred Buma (guitar), Bert van Erk (bass), Bert Brandsma (tenor saxophone) "On the sunny side of the street" - Southern swing trio Peppe Plaitano (sax), Vincenzo Barbato (guitar), Aldo Vigorito (bass) "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" - Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society "I Found A New Baby" with John Petters Swing Band featuring James Evans (tenor sax), David Blenkhorn (guitar) & Keith Donald (bass) |
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