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Swing
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1980s recordings
- 2
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 Mel Tormé, Olivia Newton‐John and Dean Martin.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreSwing
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
2 recordings1980s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1980s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1980s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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