swing music

/swɪŋ ˌmjuzɪk/
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Definitions of swing music
  1. noun
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
    synonyms: jive, swing
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    type of:
    jazz
    a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
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