GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Swing
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1990s 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 Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreSwing
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01Body and Soul (take 2)1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 02Tiger Rag (take 1)1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 03Lady Killin’ Papa1998 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 04Love, Love, Love1999 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 05Until1990 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 06Funny Face1996 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 07Cast Your Fate to the Winds1997 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 08More Than You Know1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 09Swinging at the Ritz1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 10Sweet Sue - Just You (take 1)1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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