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Swing music

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing represents the most famous era of jazz as a genre of entertainment, before the emergence of modern jazz. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the…

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Cultural origins
1930s, United States
Derivative forms
Traditional pop · jump blues · bebop
Stylistic origins
Ragtime · Dixieland jazz · New Orleans jazz · big band · blues

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Early swing

1935–1946: The swing era

1950s–1960s

Cross-genre swing

1960s–2000: Big band nostalgia and swing revival

1990s–present: Swing house, electro swing, and swing pop

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Swing music

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples146
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
Components1

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Swing music

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related to 1940s: Decline · 51
Swing music → Acc, All, American Federation, American Society, Another, As, ASCAP, Authors, Big, Billy Eckstine Orchestra, Chick Webb Orchestra, Claude Thornhill, Columbia Records, Composers, Consequently, DownBeat, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Goodman Orchestra, Harry James
related to 1960s–2000: Big band nostalgia and swing revival · 23
Swing music → Bentyne, Benzene, Bette Midler, Big Band Nostalgia, Cheryl, Dan Hicks, David Grisman, De Basket, Dick Haymes, Founding, Harry James, His Hot Licks, Historically, In Seattle, John Holte, Manhattan Transfer, New Deal Rhythm Band, Other, Phil, Seattle
related to overview · 19
Swing music → Benny Carter, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bob Wills, Brian Setzer, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, During, Famous, In, Jimmie Rodgers, Louis Armstrong, Milton Brown, Minor Swing, Moon Mullican, New York, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Swing, Teddy Riley, World War II
Stylistic origins · 5
Swing music → big band, blues, Dixieland jazz, New Orleans jazz, Ragtime
Derivative forms · 3
Swing music → bebop, jump blues, Traditional pop
Cultural origins · 1
Swing music → 1930s, United States
is a · 1
Swing music → style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s

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swing music band jazz big bands orchestra new style popular era dance would also early revival henderson goodman rhythm became

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Swing musicCultural origins1930s, United States1.00infobox
Swing musicDerivative formsTraditional pop1.00infobox
Swing musicDerivative formsjump blues1.00infobox
Swing musicDerivative formsbebop1.00infobox
Swing musicStylistic originsRagtime1.00infobox
Swing musicStylistic originsDixieland jazz1.00infobox
Swing musicStylistic originsNew Orleans jazz1.00infobox
Swing musicStylistic originsbig band1.00infobox
Swing musicStylistic originsblues1.00infobox
Swing musicis astyle of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s0.90text
Fletcher Hendersoninstance ofThe danceable swing style of big bands and bandleaders0.80text
Benny Goodman was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946instance ofThe danceable swing style of big bands and bandleaders0.80text

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