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Additional Reading
Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945 (1989), is a wide-ranging work of history and criticism. Interviews with numerous swing-era musicians are collected in Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington (1970, reprinted 1981), The World of Swing (1974), The World of Earl Hines (1977, reprinted 1983), and The World of Count Basie (1980).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - Microtiming in Swing and Funk affects the body movement behavior of music expert listeners. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - What is Swing Music? | Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Downbeat delays are a key component of swing in jazz. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: VIVA Open Publishing - Open Music Theory - Swing Rhythms. | Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jazz in America - The Swing Era. | Aug 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Swing Maniacs - History of swing. | Aug 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mibba Creative Writing - The History of Swing Music. | Aug 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Swing and Bebop. | Oct 14, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Swing Era. | Aug 08, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Swing Music.Net - Big Band Music + Mainstream Jazz = Swing Music ... 1930s To Today. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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