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Summary

Swing names both a rhythmic quality found across jazz and a particular musical era and style associated with big bands and dancing. This entry focuses on the latter while recognising that small groups also made extraordinary swing music. Arranged instrumental sections, individual solo voices and a buoyant pulse can create a remarkable sense of shared motion. Dancers were creative participants in this world, not passive consumers of a finished score. The style’s cultural identity is rooted fundamentally in African American performance even as a racially unequal industry spread it widely.

Contemporary and trending

The 1930s and 1940s mass-market swing era is historical, but the repertoire and techniques remain active. Professional repertory bands, school ensembles, social-dance scenes and contemporary small groups sustain different aspects. Lindy-hop communities can commission or support live musicians, while concert performances foreground composition and arrangement. Nostalgic presentation is only one possibility. New songs and interpretations can use swing language without pretending the social world of the Savoy Ballroom has returned unchanged. Present practice includes learning, dancing and experimentation alongside affectionate revival of familiar recordings.

History

Developments in 1920s ensemble jazz helped prepare the large-band languages associated with Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others. Harlem ballrooms and Kansas City’s connected band world nurtured distinctive approaches. Radio, touring and records broadened circulation during the swing era, while segregation shaped jobs, publicity and access to lucrative venues. The Savoy offers a particularly telling history of bands and dancers responding to one another. Later changes in entertainment economics and musical fashion altered the big-band business without ending swing as a creative language. [1] [2]

Musical characteristics

A walking bass, rhythmic guitar, drums and piano can establish a flexible four-beat foundation. Brass and reed sections exchange riffs, chords and written counterlines, with solos emerging from and returning to the ensemble. Swinging subdivision cannot be reduced to one mechanical long–short ratio: placement, articulation and tempo all matter. Some arrangements favour tightly crafted detail; others develop a few riffs through repeated exchange. Small groups can retain the same conversational lift without the massed sections. Listen to the rhythm section’s changing support beneath each soloist.

Geography and communities

The northeastern United States, Kansas City/Midwest band networks and other American urban circuits form related historical and continuing landscapes. Europe developed substantial adopted band and dance worlds, and contemporary social dancing sustains a broad international network. Japan and Australia also have durable swing communities. MuGlobe uses broad fields because bands, dancers and educational institutions connect places beyond single ballroom addresses. Their intensity reflects cultural attachment and infrastructure, not an assumption that swing remains today’s mass popular music wherever it once dominated radio.

Artists

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn demonstrate compositional and orchestral individuality; Count Basie reveals the power of space and riff. Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm illuminate other band histories. Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing offer contrasting vocal relationships to the ensemble. Dancers such as Frankie Manning and Norma Miller belong in the wider creative account. Compare arrangements and rhythm sections rather than treating every 1930s recording as identical. A quieter passage can swing as convincingly as a full-band climax.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
popular regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Count Basie and His Orchestra One O’Clock Jump — The Ed Sullivan Show, 1960 https://www.youtube.com/embed/aT5NKGgKjyo The licensed television archive offers a concise big-band swing performance with Basie’s ensemble.[3] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. false false false
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) https://www.youtube.com/embed/BHq36JjqRnA Columbia/Legacy’s extended live recording allows the band’s riffing and solo development to unfold beyond a short broadcast excerpt.[4] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. false false false
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean a Thing — The Ed Sullivan Show, 1965 https://www.youtube.com/embed/myRc-3oF1d0 A credited vocal-and-orchestral television performance broadens the selection beyond instrumental bandleaders.[5] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. false false false
Sant Andreu Jazz Band with Anna Sanchis 2026 its a most unusual day SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND & ANNA SANCHIS https://www.youtube.com/embed/9KiClO8rwGo ItsAMostUnusualDay, actual2026Calongebigbandswingvocaldebut ofAnnaSanchis, primaryJoanChamorro. HaroldAdamson/JimmyMcHughcompositionMarkTaylorarrangement, composer/arranger notcurrentvoice. Completebigbandswingarrangement, notalljazzclassesorallbandoutputgenre. Exactdayunknown, nofullconcertparent. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-08-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:Spain supported Recording/context source ItsAMostUnusualDay, actual2026Calongebigbandswingvocaldebut ofAnnaSanchis, primaryJoanChamorro. HaroldAdamson/JimmyMcHughcompositionMarkTaylorarrangement, composer/arranger notcurrentvoice. Completebigbandswingarrangement, notalljazzclassesorallbandoutputgenre. Exactdayunknown, nofullconcertparent. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Sant Andreu Jazz Band with Irina Fernández 2026 Any Old Time SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND come and dance with us IRINA FERNANDEZ https://www.youtube.com/embed/4kICtvZ0XrM AnyOldTime ArtieShawswingrepertoire, primaryactual6April2026PlaçaReialBarcelonaComeAndDanceWithUs performance. ActualIrinaFernándezvocal/trombone,PereCompanyclarinet withbigband; JoanChamorroconductor, TxusCostalagofilmnotmusician. Completeoriginalensembleperformance, nofullalbumparent. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] popular unknown 2026-04-06 live unknown country:Spain supported Recording/context source AnyOldTime ArtieShawswingrepertoire, primaryactual6April2026PlaçaReialBarcelonaComeAndDanceWithUs performance. ActualIrinaFernándezvocal/trombone,PereCompanyclarinet withbigband; JoanChamorroconductor, TxusCostalagofilmnotmusician. Completeoriginalensembleperformance, nofullalbumparent. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Sant Andreu Jazz Band with Luc Martin 2026 Blue Cellophane SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND feat LUC MARTIN ( dir JOAN CHAMORRO ) https://www.youtube.com/embed/n5KL6juwEso BlueCellophane DukeEllingtonbigbandswing, primaryactual6April2026PlaçaReialBarcelona. ActualLucMartintrombonefeature,notsinger. Distinctfullworkfromsamebandshow, nofullparent; publication2Septembernotrecordingdate. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-09-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] popular unknown 2026-04-06 live unknown country:Spain supported Recording/context source BlueCellophane DukeEllingtonbigbandswing, primaryactual6April2026PlaçaReialBarcelona. ActualLucMartintrombonefeature,notsinger. Distinctfullworkfromsamebandshow, nofullparent; publication2Septembernotrecordingdate. Source: Joan Chamorro . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra Performs "Basie" https://www.youtube.com/embed/D3Q6ikDP6u4 Basie, actualcurrentorchestraperformanceWebbCenter23February2026, primaryvenue. EnsemblebranddoesnotmeanfounderCountBasiepersonallypresent. Specificsectionalriffingbigbandswing, noentiremixedfestivalparentorarchivalreupload. Source: Webb Center for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] popular unknown 2026-02-23 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Basie, actualcurrentorchestraperformanceWebbCenter23February2026, primaryvenue. EnsemblebranddoesnotmeanfounderCountBasiepersonallypresent. Specificsectionalriffingbigbandswing, noentiremixedfestivalparentorarchivalreupload. Source: Webb Center for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA directed by SCOTTY BARNHART -BLUES FOR STEPHANIE- BLUE NOTE TOKYO 2024 https://www.youtube.com/embed/QvLKusJ5zMU BluesForStephanie, primaryactualBlueNoteTokyo2024residencybigbandswing. ActualScottyBarnhartconductor/trumpet,currentorchestraro sterincludingDougLawrence/ReggieThomas/WillMatthews/TrevorWare/RobertBoone; founderBasienotcurrentpianist. Songfulleightminuteperformance,2025uploaddistinguishedfrom2024session,nofullresidencyparent. Source: BLUE NOTE JAPAN. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2025-05-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] popular unknown 2024 live unknown country:United States of America; country:Japan supported Recording/context source BluesForStephanie, primaryactualBlueNoteTokyo2024residencybigbandswing. ActualScottyBarnhartconductor/trumpet,currentorchestraro sterincludingDougLawrence/ReggieThomas/WillMatthews/TrevorWare/RobertBoone; founderBasienotcurrentpianist. Songfulleightminuteperformance,2025uploaddistinguishedfrom2024session,nofullresidencyparent. Source: BLUE NOTE JAPAN. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie Orchestra - Franky and Johnny (ZDF JazzClub, 1987) https://www.youtube.com/embed/vVShca3bsmM DistinctFrankyAndJohnny/BluesInFrankiesFlat, primarylicensedZDFJazzClubactual13July1987performances. April2026uploadsnotrecentrecordings; actualrepertoryorchestra notfounderCountBasieassumedalive. Twofullmusicalworks, wholeZDFfullshowzsbodTB3oeYnotselected. Source: Count Basie. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] popular unknown 1987-07-13 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source DistinctFrankyAndJohnny/BluesInFrankiesFlat, primarylicensedZDFJazzClubactual13July1987performances. April2026uploadsnotrecentrecordings; actualrepertoryorchestra notfounderCountBasieassumedalive. Twofullmusicalworks, wholeZDFfullshowzsbodTB3oeYnotselected. Source: Count Basie. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Gordon Webster Group SONH 2026 The Gordon Webster Group perform 'S Wonderful https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yk599jJxaWA SWonderful andLikeSomeoneInLove, actualSONH2026 dancebandperformancesfromYehoodisSwingDanceVideos. Specificswingstandardarrangements, notalllatermodernjazzthatusesswingrhythm. Twofullbandtracks, no danceinstructionorthreehourfestivalmixorwholeparentprogramme. Currentbackingmusiciansunspecified, Gordonactualpianist/bandleader. Source: Yehoodi's Swing Dance Videos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source SWonderful andLikeSomeoneInLove, actualSONH2026 dancebandperformancesfromYehoodisSwingDanceVideos. Specificswingstandardarrangements, notalllatermodernjazzthatusesswingrhythm. Twofullbandtracks, no danceinstructionorthreehourfestivalmixorwholeparentprogramme. Currentbackingmusiciansunspecified, Gordonactualpianist/bandleader. Source: Yehoodi's Swing Dance Videos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Gordon Webster Group SONH 2026 The Gordon Webster Group perform Like Someone in Love https://www.youtube.com/embed/VSyqYQwxFvU SWonderful andLikeSomeoneInLove, actualSONH2026 dancebandperformancesfromYehoodisSwingDanceVideos. Specificswingstandardarrangements, notalllatermodernjazzthatusesswingrhythm. Twofullbandtracks, no danceinstructionorthreehourfestivalmixorwholeparentprogramme. Currentbackingmusiciansunspecified, Gordonactualpianist/bandleader. Source: Yehoodi's Swing Dance Videos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source SWonderful andLikeSomeoneInLove, actualSONH2026 dancebandperformancesfromYehoodisSwingDanceVideos. Specificswingstandardarrangements, notalllatermodernjazzthatusesswingrhythm. Twofullbandtracks, no danceinstructionorthreehourfestivalmixorwholeparentprogramme. Currentbackingmusiciansunspecified, Gordonactualpianist/bandleader. Source: Yehoodi's Swing Dance Videos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five with Hilary Alexander Sing You Sinners - performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4VAdc2Xoh0 DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-08-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five with Hilary Alexander I've Got My Fingers Creossed performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five https://www.youtube.com/embed/pkCf_DhHZpw DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-08-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five with Hilary Alexander UNDECIDED written by Charles Shavers (1939) performed by JonathaJonathan Stout and his Campus Five https://www.youtube.com/embed/bjySurrQSh8 DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-07-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five with Hilary Alexander Humming to Myself (1933) performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander https://www.youtube.com/embed/S83AtoL9MKE DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-08-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source DistinctSingYouSinners/IveGotMyFingersCrossed/Undecided/HummingToMyself actual2026SummerNights KnottsBerryFarmCalicoParkStage swingbandperformances. ActualJonathanband/Hilaryvoice, classic1930srepertoireinnewperformances; composerCharlesShaversnotcurrentartist. No samefullKnottsprogrammeparent orshortcutsduplicated. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five with Hilary Alexander Those Eyes = Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSircC9xfJs MeMyselfAndI andThoseEyes, focusedactualswingband/vocalperformances, primaryfilmercaptionnamescurrentbandandHilaryAlexander. 1937workdateofMeMyselfnotrecordingyear; July2026publicationnotexactsessiondate. No fullprogrammeorunknownsamemasterreupload. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] popular unknown unknown live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source MeMyselfAndI andThoseEyes, focusedactualswingband/vocalperformances, primaryfilmercaptionnamescurrentbandandHilaryAlexander. 1937workdateofMeMyselfnotrecordingyear; July2026publicationnotexactsessiondate. No fullprogrammeorunknownsamemasterreupload. Source: Rhino Cowboy. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Jonathan Stout Orchestra Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 5 - "Up Jumped the Goat" https://www.youtube.com/embed/DoS0bnCtMS0 UpJumpedTheGoat andRedBankAdjacent, actualcompleteoriginal2026CalbalOpenClassiccommissionedspotlighttunes. Deliberatelyshort95secondcompositionsforimprovisingBalboa competitors, countswholework notarbitrarilytrimmedsongs. PrimarycomposerdescribesChickWebb/CountBasietropes, guitarco-leaderJonathanStout,actualsax/clarinet/brass/rhythm/vibraphoneorchestra. Dancercompetitorsnotmusicians, eachworkdistinctandnofull9tuneparentselected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source UpJumpedTheGoat andRedBankAdjacent, actualcompleteoriginal2026CalbalOpenClassiccommissionedspotlighttunes. Deliberatelyshort95secondcompositionsforimprovisingBalboa competitors, countswholework notarbitrarilytrimmedsongs. PrimarycomposerdescribesChickWebb/CountBasietropes, guitarco-leaderJonathanStout,actualsax/clarinet/brass/rhythm/vibraphoneorchestra. Dancercompetitorsnotmusicians, eachworkdistinctandnofull9tuneparentselected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Jonathan Stout Orchestra Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 3 - "Red Bank Adjacent" https://www.youtube.com/embed/UFpLw857gH4 UpJumpedTheGoat andRedBankAdjacent, actualcompleteoriginal2026CalbalOpenClassiccommissionedspotlighttunes. Deliberatelyshort95secondcompositionsforimprovisingBalboa competitors, countswholework notarbitrarilytrimmedsongs. PrimarycomposerdescribesChickWebb/CountBasietropes, guitarco-leaderJonathanStout,actualsax/clarinet/brass/rhythm/vibraphoneorchestra. Dancercompetitorsnotmusicians, eachworkdistinctandnofull9tuneparentselected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source UpJumpedTheGoat andRedBankAdjacent, actualcompleteoriginal2026CalbalOpenClassiccommissionedspotlighttunes. Deliberatelyshort95secondcompositionsforimprovisingBalboa competitors, countswholework notarbitrarilytrimmedsongs. PrimarycomposerdescribesChickWebb/CountBasietropes, guitarco-leaderJonathanStout,actualsax/clarinet/brass/rhythm/vibraphoneorchestra. Dancercompetitorsnotmusicians, eachworkdistinctandnofull9tuneparentselected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Gordon Webster Band Gordon Webster Band - Tain't What You Do https://www.youtube.com/embed/QvPEZJN00mo Complete Tain’t What You Do swing-band performance at the Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 26 April 2026 DC Lindy Exchange. Primary event publisher names actual band, rather than assuming dancers are musicians. Source: DC Lindy Exchange. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-06-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] popular unknown 2026-04-26 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Complete Tain’t What You Do swing-band performance at the Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 26 April 2026 DC Lindy Exchange. Primary event publisher names actual band, rather than assuming dancers are musicians. Source: DC Lindy Exchange. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Danny Jonokuchi and the Revisionists ILHC 2023 - The Big Apple with Danny Jonokuchi & the Revisionists https://www.youtube.com/embed/1BQ4ybgcK5Q Actual live swing band accompanying the Big Apple contest at ILHC 2023 in New York. Primary event caption identifies musicians separately from dancers; focused musical number, not instructional lesson or silent demonstration. Source: The International Lindy Hop Championships. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2023-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] popular unknown 2023 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Actual live swing band accompanying the Big Apple contest at ILHC 2023 in New York. Primary event caption identifies musicians separately from dancers; focused musical number, not instructional lesson or silent demonstration. Source: The International Lindy Hop Championships. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Jonathan Stout Orchestra Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 6 - "A Goodman is Hard to Find" https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gm1Iz9igo1s Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Jonathan Stout Orchestra Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 1 - "Just Passing Through" https://www.youtube.com/embed/75hM0Yq3a4U Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
The Jonathan Stout Orchestra Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 7 - "What's the Plan, Sam?" https://www.youtube.com/embed/uWhCHaAFjbs Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] popular unknown 2026 live unknown country:United States of America supported Recording/context source Three complete original 2026 Calbal commissioned spotlight compositions: A Goodman Is Hard to Find, Just Passing Through, and What’s the Plan Sam. Primary composer explains fixed 90-second musical form, distinct structures and Benny Goodman/Slam Stewart swing practice. These are whole short compositions, not arbitrary excerpts. Actual band musicians credited separately from improvising dancers; no full concert parent selected. Source: campusfive. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false

Related genres

Traditional jazz supplies important ensemble and solo histories, while bebop developed new approaches partly within musicians’ experience of swing bands. Jump blues and rhythm-and-blues shared personnel, riffs and dancing publics without being the same style. Western swing is a distinct American regional formation with meaningful jazz exchange. Swing dancing names several practices and is not a guarantee of one band sound. Distinguishing the historical style from the broader verb to swing prevents the mistaken idea that later jazz abandoned rhythmic vitality when big bands lost their dominant commercial position.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ It’s getting hot in here — National Museum of American History.
  2. ↑ Jazz in America: Kansas City and swing — Herbie Hancock Institute.
  3. ↑ Count Basie and His Orchestra — One O’Clock Jump — The Ed Sullivan Show, 1960. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Benny Goodman and His Orchestra — Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing). YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington — It Don’t Mean a Thing — The Ed Sullivan Show, 1965. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  6. ↑ 2026 its a most unusual day SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND & ANNA SANCHIS.
  7. ↑ 2026 Any Old Time SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND come and dance with us IRINA FERNANDEZ.
  8. ↑ 2026 Blue Cellophane SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND feat LUC MARTIN ( dir JOAN CHAMORRO ).
  9. ↑ The Count Basie Orchestra Performs "Basie".
  10. ↑ THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA directed by SCOTTY BARNHART -BLUES FOR STEPHANIE- BLUE NOTE TOKYO 2024.
  11. ↑ Count Basie Orchestra - Franky and Johnny (ZDF JazzClub, 1987).
  12. ↑ SONH 2026 The Gordon Webster Group perform 'S Wonderful.
  13. ↑ SONH 2026 The Gordon Webster Group perform Like Someone in Love.
  14. ↑ Sing You Sinners - performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander.
  15. ↑ I've Got My Fingers Creossed performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five.
  16. ↑ UNDECIDED written by Charles Shavers (1939) performed by JonathaJonathan Stout and his Campus Five.
  17. ↑ Humming to Myself (1933) performed by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander.
  18. ↑ Those Eyes = Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander.
  19. ↑ Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 5 - "Up Jumped the Goat".
  20. ↑ Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 3 - "Red Bank Adjacent".
  21. ↑ Gordon Webster Band - Tain't What You Do.
  22. ↑ ILHC 2023 - The Big Apple with Danny Jonokuchi & the Revisionists.
  23. ↑ Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 6 - "A Goodman is Hard to Find".
  24. ↑ Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 1 - "Just Passing Through".
  25. ↑ Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Calbal 2026 - Original Contest Tune 7 - "What's the Plan, Sam?".

Hotspot mushrooms

Connected American band landscapes and durable international band/dance adoption are more useful than famous ballroom pins. Historical mass popularity is separated from contemporary community intensity in prose.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
swing-northeast Northeastern US swing and big-band corridor 40.3 -74.5 950 1 Formation, continuing repertory and dense dance/education infrastructure.
swing-midwest Kansas City–Midwest swing landscape 39.5 -93.5 1200 0.9 Territory-band history, jazz institutions and adopted regional communities.
swing-california California swing and dance circuits 36 -120 850 0.67 Longstanding recording, band and social-dance worlds.
swing-europe European swing-band and dance networks 50 6 1600 0.83 Durable independent adoption across clubs, ensembles and dance communities.
swing-japan Japanese swing and big-band communities 35.5 137 900 0.65 Sustained adopted performance, teaching and listening networks.
swing-australia Southeastern Australian swing communities -35 145 1000 0.57 Established local band and dance ecology.
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