| Swing Revival | |
| Stylistic origins | |
|---|---|
| Cultural origins |
1920s - 1950s; 1990s
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| Typical instruments | |
| Mainstream popularity | 1990s, 2000s |
The Swing Revival was a 1990s and early 2000s-era period of renewed popular interest in swing and jump blues music from the 1930s and 1940s as exemplified by Louis Prima. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Jump blues is a type of Up-tempo Blues music influenced by Big band sound The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Jump blues is a type of Up-tempo Blues music influenced by Big band sound The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Louis Prima ( December 7, 1910 Legacy The Prima-Butera arrangements and recordings continued to be copied by younger musicians including David Influential swing revival groups included Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums Featuring Miss Carmen Getit and The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing band from southern California. The Royal Crown Revue (RCR is a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar Katharine Lavay Smith is an American Singer specialising in the Blues and Jazz, from Swing to Bebop. The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes going by the acronym BSO is a swing and Jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Also popular, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, are considered a swing band due to their radio hits, but swing is just one of the genres they do. The Cherry Poppin' Daddies are an American rock band formed in 1989 in Eugene, Oregon.
History
Most swing revival bands were based around a rock and roll rhythm section of electric guitar, double bass, and drum kit, with a three or four instrument horn section, which usually consisted of trumpet, saxophone, and trombone. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African In a Symphony orchestra the horn section is the group of musicians who play the horn (sometimes referred to as the French horn a brass instrument descended One of the revival bands, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, used a much larger horn section, with thirteen wind instruments, which more closely matched the size of the groups during the swing era in the 1930s. The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes going by the acronym BSO is a swing and Jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman
Much of the swing revival drew on the style popularized by Louis Prima called jump blues. Louis Prima ( December 7, 1910 Legacy The Prima-Butera arrangements and recordings continued to be copied by younger musicians including David Jump blues is a type of Up-tempo Blues music influenced by Big band sound This use of the term "swing" is based more on orchestration and dance than strictly on musical style. The swing music in the 1930s and 1940s was part of the Big Band era, led by Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and Arthur Jacob Arshawsky ( May 23, 1910 &ndash December 30, 2004) better known as Artie Shaw, was an American Jazz Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. However, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, a newer style, known at the time as jump blues, became popular in African-American nightclubs as played by such musicians as Cab Calloway, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Louis Jordan, and Louis Prima. Jump blues is a type of Up-tempo Blues music influenced by Big band sound Cabell "Cab" Calloway III ( December 25, 1907 &ndash November 18, 1994) was a famous American Jazz Singer For the Ice hockey player see Joe Turner Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr Lowell Fulson ( March 31 1921 – March 7 1999 Career According to some sources Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation Louis Jordan ( July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American Jazz, Blues and Rhythm & blues Louis Prima ( December 7, 1910 Legacy The Prima-Butera arrangements and recordings continued to be copied by younger musicians including David
Swing revival bands focused on the highly rehearsed and arranged sweet style rather than the hot style, which was more improvisational, and which focused on instrumentalist virtuosity.
In recent years Swing music has become hugely popular in Germany. Singers Roger Cicero [1]and Tom Gaebel [2]have attained large followings both in their native country and world wide. Cicero’s style is predominantly that of 1940s and 1950s swing music, combined with German lyrics; he became Germany's participant for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007.
The swing revival was also associated with a revival of interest in swing dancing. The term " swing dance " commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of Jazz music in the 1920s '30s and '40s although Films such as Swingers and the earlier Swing Kids increased interest in the Swinging lifestyle, as did 1999's retro-friendly Blast from the Past. Swingers is a film released in 1996 about the lives of single unemployed Actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood California during the 1990s Swing Kids is a Film produced in 1993 and directed by Thomas Carter. Blast from the Past is a 1999 Romantic comedy film starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Sissy Spacek, Christopher
See also
- Category:Retro-swing musicians
- Swing (genre)
- Swing (dance)
External links
- AMG Retro Swing Site (registration required)
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