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...
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new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines new jack swing as "pop music usually performed...
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music, the term swing has two main uses. Colloquially, it is used to describe the propulsive quality or "feel" of a rhythm, especially when the music...
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Look up Swing, swing, or swinging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swing or swinging may refer to: Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and...
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"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded...
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are slightly baffling with 'swing, swing, swing from the tangles of' - a classic example." MusicOMH regarded "Swing, Swing" as "top form" and commented...
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The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching...
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Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...
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American and British swing music in defiance of the Nazi regime. The film follows two high school students in their attempt to be swing kids by night and...
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were household names. This was the swing era. Scott Yanow, Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame...
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Electro swing, or swing house, is an electronic dance music genre that combines the influence of vintage or modern swing and jazz mixed with house and...
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Swing! is a musical conceived by Paul Kelly with music by various artists. It celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz (1930s–1946), including many...
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Bebop (redirect from Be bop music)
possibilities of jazz beyond the popular, dance-oriented swing music-style with a new "musician's music" that was not as danceable and demanded close listening...
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Traditional pop (redirect from Mainstream pop music)
with traditional pop music, while many vocalists became involved in 1960s vocal jazz and the rebirth of "swing music"; the swing music of the 1960s is sometimes...
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West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop, characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-compression technique of...
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Swingjugend (redirect from The Swing Movement in Nazi Germany)
class. They admired the "American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism, especially the Hitler Youth (German: Hitlerjugend)...
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halls. Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. In the 1930s, known as the Swing era, Swing music was the popular dance music in America...
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Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating...
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East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance. It belongs to the group of swing dances. It is danced under fast swing music, including: big...
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Western/cowboy music New Mexico music Red dirt Tejano/Tex-Mex Texas country Western swing Zydeco Adult contemporary music Adult standards Background music Elevator...
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formed in 2003. They are known for having an eclectic sound, which fuses swing music with symphonic metal and progressive rock, among other genres. They have...
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To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded...
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for dominant figures in a field. In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white...
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Big band (redirect from Big band music)
1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music, although this was not the only style of music played by...
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The Mask (1994 film) (redirect from The Mask: Music from the Motion Picture)
a comic up to that point. The film also influenced the resurgence of swing music in the 1990s. It cemented Carrey's reputation as a significant actor...
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Dance Orchestra - swing music Charlie Barnet Big Band - jazz, swing Count Basie Orchestra - jazz, swing Beantown Swing Orchestra - swing Louie Bellson Tex...
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DeGrate Jr. (born September 29, 1969), better known by his stage name DeVanté Swing, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best...
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move towards a freer form of orchestral jazz and the development of Swing music. Moten and his Orchestra, which included Count Basie on piano, achieved...
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Swing Kids: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack from the 1993 film Swing Kids. The album combines swing music featured...
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Cru" (also a pun on bass). The group brainstormed and recorded music together in Swing's studio, ultimately aiming to produce a VHS compilation project...
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