Did You Know...

Daniel Louis Armstrong
Birthdate: August 4, 1901 New Orleans, LA    Died: July 6, 1971
"Pops" believed all his life that he was born in 1900, but after his death it was discovered that he was born in 1901.

Swing Biographies

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Fletcher Henderson (1898-1952)
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
Frankie Manning (1914-2009)
Artie Shaw (born 1910)
Duke Ellington (born 1899)
Chick Webb (born 1905?)
Ella Fitzgerald (born 1917)

Styles of Swing Dance

Lindy Hop
Smooth Lindy or Hollywood
West Coast Swing

    Pseudo-swing styles
        East Coast Swing
           ╰ Ballroom Swing
        Hustle
        Shag

    Jazz Dances
        Charleston
        Shim-Sham
        Tap

  • Recent swing music releases :
    • Count Basie : This & That (03/21/06)
    • Chick Webb : Stomping at the Savoy [Box Set] (01/17/06)
    • Gene Krupa : Starburst (01/17/06)
    • Brian Setzer : Dig That Crazy Christmas (12/06/05)

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