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Jun 21, 2024 · The Big Band and Swing Podcast. The Big Band and Swing Podcast is a weekly podcast that focuses on the music, artists and history of the Big Band Era of the 1930‘s, 1940’s and 1950‘s. You will hear classic Big Band recordings and forgotten performances rescued from Old Time Radio Broadcasts (OTR), Soundies, V-Discs and other AFRS archives.
6 days ago · January 1958. Big Band Swing. Cool Jazz Hard Bop. instrumental improvisation energetic playful uplifting lush acoustic orchestral. Bug Music: Music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Don Byron. 3.66 197 2. 1996. Swing Cartoon Music.
Jun 12, 2024 · October is proving to be a busy month, which means more opportunities to hang out with us! We have a swing dance event in the works for mid month and will be at the Maize Maze event for the first time! Be sure to check our events calendar for updates! Home page of Swing Magique, a jazz group from Albuqueruqe.
Jun 13, 2024 · Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; pianists Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson; and singer Billie Holiday. Hawkins had left the Henderson band in 1933 for what turned out to be a six-year stay in Europe, during which he not only taught most Europeans about jazz and swing ...
Jul 1, 2024 · 4 votes. Joyce Wayne "Red" Murrell (June 27, 1921 – February 10, 2001) was a Western swing performer from Missouri. He led one of the more notable Western swing bands in California, Red Murrell and his Ozark Playboys. He was a popular session guitar player for many other artists as well.
Jun 12, 2024 · Chick Webb, American jazz drummer who led one of the dominant big bands of the swing era. Its swing, precision, and popularity made it the standard of excellence to which other big bands aspired. Webb’s drumming, noted for swing, taste, and virtuoso technique, was the band’s foundation.
Jun 16, 2024 · Jazz became popular and its swing became the pop music of that era. The 1940s gave birth to rock and roll — not yet accepted by the masses. Popular big band artists from the 1940s include Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey (brothers), Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie.
