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Swing and big band
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Swing and big band · In the 1930s, the New Orleans band grew into the big band of twelve to seventeen musicians, with an arranger who wrote riffs for the sections. The eighth notes are played long-short and the bass walks on all four beats. Duke Ellington led the orchestra of the Cotton Club in Harlem; the white Benny Goodman became the ‘King of Swing’.
Listening
Listening tip. In Take the 'A' Train, hear the AABA form and how saxophones and brass answer one another.
Take the “A” Train · Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1941Apple Music ↗
Solo Flight · Benny Goodman and His Orchestra met Charlie Christian, 1941Apple Music ↗
One O'Clock Jump · Count Basie and His Orchestra, 1937Apple Music ↗
I've Got You Under My Skin · Frank Sinatra, 1956Apple Music ↗
Strange Fruit · Billie Holiday, 1939Apple Music ↗
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See also
- Louis Armstrong
- Lil Hardin Armstrong
- Earl Hines
- Fats Waller
- Art Tatum
- Billy Strayhorn
- Cab Calloway
- Fletcher Henderson
- Coleman Hawkins
- Teddy Wilson
- Lionel Hampton
- Gene Krupa
- Charlie Christian
- Count Basie
- Lester Young
- Mary Lou Williams
- Billie Holiday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Django Reinhardt
- Stéphane Grappelli
- Theo Uden Masman & The Ramblers
- Glenn Miller
- Roy Eldridge
- Oscar Peterson
- Nat King Cole
- Clark Terry
- Ben Webster
- Joe Pass
- Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
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