[Dixielandjazz] Swinging

[Cees van den Heuvel]

Jim wrote:
> I used the word "swinging", not "swing"...as in, the music is swinging.
> Swing music is different, of course, actually being a style.  Trad is not
> swing, but trad can swing, as in making your feet want to move.


I agree with Jim.
When I wrote about swing, I did'nt mean the style, I meant the feeling.
Take two musicians playing the same melody. Every musician will know
what is meant when you say: one of them swings, if that's the case.
Swing can't be captured on paper, it's a feeling you either have or have 
not.
I.m.o. trad jazz must swing! It's a conditio sine qua non.

Cees

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