swing music
Danceable big-band jazz
Swing music is a style of jazz that dominated American popular music from the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s, characterized by a strong rhythmic momentum and arrangements for big bands.
The music emphasized a driving, "swinging" beat that made it ideal for dancing: The ballroom came alive when the band played swing.
Bandleaders like Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie defined the era.
The term distinguishes this style from earlier jazz and later bebop.
- lindy hopHarlem-born swing dance style
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
- jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
- dance hallPublic venue for dancing
- dance floorSpace designated for movement
jazz · hot jazz · Duke Ellington · syncopation · blues · jive · stride piano · zoot suit · Kansas City · Tin Pan Alley · Count Basie · Savoy Ballroom · Harlem Renaissance · Benny Goodman · boogie-woogie · ragtime · bandleader · call and response
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- toe tappersbig band, boogie woogie, polka
- jazz bandsjazz band, big band, combo, ensemble, quartet
- Swing Erabig band, big band era, Benny Goodman, big band jazz, Duke Ellington
- Troop Moralemorale boosters, morale boosting, troop morale, USO, USO shows
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
swing musicbebop
Fast, complex jazz style
free jazz · cool jazz · hard bop · experimental jazz · fusion jazz
swing musicambient music
Tonal, moodscape-focused genre
dirge · funeral music · meditation music · requiem · lullaby
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