The Black Magic Big Band
Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is
a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930's and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935
in the United States. Swing uses a strong anchoring rhythm section which supports a brass section including
saxophones, trumpets, and trombones; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands
usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing style
of bandleaders such as Benny Goodman and Count Basie was the dominant form of American popular music from
1935 to 1945.
Swing music today is kept alive by bands like The Nickel Club 5 and are the soul of the
swing scene. Swing was born out of a collaboration between dancers and Jazz musicians, a tradition The Nickel
Club 5 subscribe to.
Check out the rest of the music menu for info on great bands to swing to!