I'm making glenn miller proud, cuz the blog today is all about swing and big band!
Joke of the day
Q: How many IT guys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None, that's a Facilities problem.
(Being an IT I can make this joke)
For years I've been a big fan of swing, way back in the day I used to go to a club called bricks (now called sound) for their swing night. We would learn a couple moves and then take it out to the dance floor to give it a try. Swing gets you movin and shaking and the dance sequences are amazing.
Let's start off with a classic
Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing
The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong rhythmic " groove" or drive.
Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. Swing uses a strong anchoring rhythm section which supports a lead section that can include brass instruments, including trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets or stringed instruments including violin and guitar; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement.
-Taken from Wikipedia
Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing
The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong rhythmic " groove" or drive.
Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. Swing uses a strong anchoring rhythm section which supports a lead section that can include brass instruments, including trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets or stringed instruments including violin and guitar; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement.
-Taken from Wikipedia
Count Basie Orchestra Swingin' the Blues
Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing
fats waller- aint misbehavin (stormy weather)
Royal Crown Revue-Somethings Gotta Give
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-Always Gonna Get Ya
Video of the day!
Dutch Swing College Band - Swing That Music
(These guys are amazing!)
http://www.dscband.nl/index2.php?l=uk
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I loved the swing music
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