Re: my 2cents

posted by [identity profile] selki.livejournal.com at 12:35pm on 2006-09-04
Swing was around well before Benny Goodman's band hit the Palomar in 1935, and there was a lot more to the jazz of the 1920s than "plunky". Although some jazz biographers played up the (white) popularization in the mid-30's as the "beginning" of swing, swing rhythm, swing notes, swing notation and swing recordings were around in the 1920's. Fletcher Henderson's arrangements changed after Louis Armstrong joined his band in 1924, e.g, call and response format (reeds/brass). The Savoy opened its doors in 1926, Chick Webb started playing there (leading the Harlem Stompers) in 1927, and "Lindy Hop" got into the papers that year. Starting in 1934, Henderson sold his arrangements from the 20's and early 30's to Goodman.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/estyle.html (overview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_%28genre%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swung_note
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/swing.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Webb
Swing That Music, 1936, Louis Armstrong's book (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/armstrongtext.html)
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Re: my 2cents

posted by [identity profile] sensualquills.livejournal.com at 07:36am on 2006-09-05
good lord, ok you win!!!!!!

but in my defense i was speaking in the most general of terms. i am familiar with fletcher henderson and many of the artists you reference. but i am not one to argue.
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