and when influential clarinettists were household names. This was the swing era. Scott Yanow, Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music... 18 KB (2,715 words) - 23:12, 27 March 2024 |
popular music from 1935 to 1946, known as the swing era, when people were dancing the Lindy Hop. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing... 39 KB (5,218 words) - 21:16, 5 April 2024 |
in a way that expanded their role. Whereas the key ensemble of the swing music era was the big band of up to fourteen pieces playing in an ensemble-based... 38 KB (5,455 words) - 08:06, 19 April 2024 |
to late 1990s. The music was generally rooted in the big bands of the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, but it was also greatly influenced by rockabilly... 7 KB (718 words) - 02:59, 9 October 2023 |
Einstein's theory!" Benny Goodman, the 1930s-era bandleader nicknamed the "King of Swing", called swing "free speech in music", whose most important element... 20 KB (2,494 words) - 13:10, 9 February 2024 |
Benny Goodman (redirect from Benny Goodman and the Giants of Swing) and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His... 47 KB (5,154 words) - 14:40, 17 April 2024 |
Big band (redirect from Big Band Era) himself was a composer and arranger. Typical big band arrangements from the swing era were written in strophic form with the same phrase and chord structure... 41 KB (4,638 words) - 23:08, 13 April 2024 |
Writing Center". nmu.edu. Retrieved 11 December 2023. "Big Bands and the Swing Era". Acoustic Music. Retrieved 11 December 2023. "Disco | Origins, Genres... 16 KB (1,653 words) - 14:36, 26 December 2023 |
Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael, and Cole Porter. The swing era made stars of many popular singers including the young Frank Sinatra,... 12 KB (1,359 words) - 13:21, 6 April 2024 |