Swing

Swing is a music genre in the 1930s. It is usually classed as a form of jazz. Explore its 1 subgenres, key artists and related styles.

Listen: Swing examples

Andri from Pagefire - Pushing The Pianist Down The Stairs

2:26CC BY-SA 3.0by Andri from PagefireWikimedia Commons

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All Of Me no2 (accompagnement swing)-en wav

2:36CC BY-SA 4.0by Claude ReidWikimedia Commons

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Serpentine Swing

3:56CC BY-SA 4.0by LambtronWikimedia Commons

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About Swing

Swing is a music genre in the 1930s. It is usually classed as a form of jazz.

Artists closely associated with the genre include Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.

Swing has given rise to 1 subgenre on this site, such as Swing revival.

From Wikipedia

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing represents the most famous era of jazz as a genre of entertainment, before the emergence of modern jazz. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing style of big bands and bandleaders such as Fletcher Henderson and Benny Goodman was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946, known as the swing era, when people were dancing the Lindy Hop. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong groove or drive. Big band leaders of the swing era include Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Earl Hines, Bunny Berigan, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw.