Swing-Bands for your Event

On the one hand,swing is a style. On the other hand, it can also be interpreted as a feeling, as a dance and as a rhythmic phenomenon. The musical style has its roots in the USAwhere it originated around 1920. These were the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Big Band Era". Its predecessors were styles such as Chicago or Dixieland jazz. Swing was originally created by African-Americans. However, it was soon copied by "white" Americans and marketed commercially. Due to its ideal danceability and full sound, it became very famous and is also considered the most popular style of jazz. Swing has a very specific rhythm. When you hear it, everyone knows it. But describing it is a little more difficult. The music contains a so-called perceived pulse, i.e. the basic beats in time. However, the instruments deviate slightly from this pulse or do not start with the beat. This creates a continuous offbeat of entire melodic passages. The result is the feeling that the pulse is getting a little faster, but this is not actually the case. The triplets are another important musical aspect. The crucial thing here, however, is that only the first and third triplet are played. The term swing is inseparable from the Big Band formation or a jazz orchestra. A classical big band typically consists of 17 musicians and a bandleader. At the time, this was an absolute novelty compared to the usual trios to octets. It is characteristic of the big band that the three wind instruments of the band (trumpet, trombone and saxophone) are played by several musicians. Clarinet and flute can also be added. The wind instruments are accompanied by a rhythm section consisting of guitar, bass, piano, drums and other percussion instruments. Important musicians, orchestras and big bands include Duke EllingtonBenny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge and many more.