So the last song on Quality Control by Jurassic 5. Does anyone know anything about swing? Does anyone have any suggestions of music that sounds like this? I know nothing, my music collection has no 'swing', but this track really makes me want to dance every listen.
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Jurassic 5 - Swing Set
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I haven't heard this, but are you talking about big-band jazz swing from the 30s-60s? Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw are the greats, or start with any compilation containing the above. Or for some blazing big-band Latin-American magic, go for Machito, Tito Puentes, Xavier Cugat, Esquivel.
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reeltoreel
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I think the tracks that make up Swing Set are from the older, slightly rougher end of things if you'd like to find that sound in particular - but lots of big band jazz (particularly the stuff mentioned by dHarry, more or less the five must-do artists of the genre) hits the same nerve. Definitely go earlier for the raw and almost unhinged...
Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Jay McShann and Tommy Dorsey are well worth checking.
Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Jay McShann and Tommy Dorsey are well worth checking.
Definitely go earlier for the raw and almost unhinged...
''Big Noise From Winnetka'' by Bob Crosby's Bob Cats fits the description above {just like a glove!}
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