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Swing
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1920s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Swing
Swing is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Swing is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Fats Waller and His Rhythm, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreSwing
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1920s starting recordings
01Ain’t Misbehavin’1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 02Carolina Shout1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 03Lulu’s Back in Town1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 04Star Dust1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 05Numb Fumblin’1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 06I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 07Smashing Thirds1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 08(When You) Squeeze Me1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 09The Sheik of Araby1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 10Yes! I’m in the Barrel1926 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1920s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1920s albums
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