Jazz

String Swing

String Swing is a Copenhagen based jazz group with a music style based on solid gypsy swing and a vast load of original material. String Swing’s main attraction is singer Alice Carreri, who joined the ...
NPR

Anne Mette Iversen: Putting Strings to Swing

Ornette Coleman said it best, in the title of one of his compositions: "Beauty Is a Rare Thing." It holds exceptionally true in jazz, though not for want of trying: The market is saturated with sultry ...
Jazz

Various Artists: Anthology of Swing Strings (1930s-1950s): Professor Visits Harlem or Swingin

The strings go zing-zinging on Professor Visits Harlem. Quite unlike any other anthology you're likely to have run into of late, we're treated to three decades of jazz string ensembles, starting off ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Swing Symphony review: The strings swing in Wynton Marsalis' jazz history

Jazz, like all improvisational idioms, is a dialogue, and it is this element that Wynton Marsalis especially emphasises in his Swing Symphony – that and the rhythm implicit in the title. Marsalis' ...
Mississippi State University

Starkville-MSU Symphony Association Wingo Pops Concert: Swing, Strings and All That Jazz!

Get ready to groove with Wingo Pops as we take you on a stylish, toe-tapping journey through America’s most iconic jazz and big band hits! "Swing, Strings, and All That Jazz!" features the ...