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Swing
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 2010s recordings
- 1
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 Ernest Ranglin.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreSwing
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1 recordings2010s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
2010s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2010s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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