swing era

collocation in English

meaningsofswingandera

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swing
noun
uk
/swɪŋ/us
/swɪŋ/
a ...
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era
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪə.rə/us
/ˈer.ə/us
/ˈɪr.ə/
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development ...
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(Definition ofswinganderafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This network radio show helped further popularize jazz as theswingerareached its apogee.
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The orchestra was arguably the most influential big band since theswingera.
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He was famous for a fast, hot playing style characteristic of jazz soloists in the 1920s and theswingera.
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In their middle years the group often played with classical musicians, but their repertoire consisted mainly of bebop andswingerastandards.
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Big band and jazz instruments and orchestrations from theswingerawere common in the early years.
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Some largeswingeraorchestras also employed an additional piano, accordion, and banjo.
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It is one of the most popular riff tunes from theswingera.
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They featured some of the famous bandleaders and vocalists of theswingerawho were now, essentially, in semi-retirement.
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Big bands ushered in theswingerathat began in the early thirties, signifying the culmination of commercial jazz that was heavily orchestrated.
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The latter was an exemplar of the group's typicalswingerasound, but it failed to chart.
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Written jazz, thanks in large part to the popularity of theswingera, established its own traditions within jazz music.
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During theswingera, string and/or vocals sections were also common.
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In the latter part of that decade there was some revived interest in music of theswingera.
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Indeed, while popular in the late 1910s and early 1920s, the song enjoyed its biggest popularity during theswingera.
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Since 1989, it has been a continued tradition to invite surviving members of theswingera.
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After the mandatory piano lessons during early childhood, he developed an interest in the trombone from listening to the music of theswingera.
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The song remained popular throughout theswingeraand charted five times in the 1930s and 1940s.
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The sounds they created were copied by many brass soloists in theswingera.
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He is referred to as a brilliant virtuoso who sounded unlike anyone else, using an orchestral approach straight from theswingerabut open to the innovations of bop.
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