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Thanks to all you Swing Music Fans who listen to the weekly Big Band Dance Party on WNAV Radio (Annapolis, MD). The Big Band Dance Party is broadcast on Sunday Evenings from 9:00 pm to 12 midnight (Eastern). The first two hours feature classic Swing, Jazz  and Popular Hits from the '30s to '60s. The final hour spotlights the hot new Swing groups of today! Music played on the Big Band Dance Party is available for purchase online. Check out my "Reviews" and "Favorites" pages. 
See you next show! ~~Bo

Bo Lewis Big Band Dance Party

Swing and Jazz music is HOT all over the globe, and Bo is one of the Disc Jockeys who is leading the way. Bo is a well-respected authority on the Swing Era and has been a lifelong lover and promoter of Big Band music. 

Everyday, more and more people are discovering "Swing", "Big Band" and "Jazz" music for the first time. New Swing, Jazz and Pop recording artists like "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy", "Royal Crown Revue", "Cherry Poppin' Daddies", the "Brian Setzer Orchestra", "Harry Connick Jr." and "Diana Krall" have music on the Billboard and Radio&Records music charts. Newly digitized recordings by classic Big Band artists like "Glenn Miller", "Benny Goodman", "Harry James" and "Count Basie" have also become extremely popular.

The Arthur Murray Dance Studios and other Dance Instructors throughout the USA and overseas are reporting a huge upsurge in people taking lessons to learn how to Swing Dance.

You can E-Mail Bo at bolewis@toad.net.

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SWING

At the Big Band Dance Party the term "Swing" relates in musical terms to the big band jazz of the 1930s and 1940s. This jazz was organized, arranged and played by a larger group of musicians rather than the more improvised music played by smaller ensembles.

The big bands of the swing era were primarily dance bands and they projected a modern propulsive beat. Arrangements were written which featured melodic sectional riffs and solos being anchored by the rock-steady beat of the rhythm section. The melodic notes were swung in a rhythmic counterpoint to the underlying beat.

Historically, Swing developed into something much more than just the music of the time. It became a way of life which is being rediscovered today!

Swing also influenced bop, cool and progressive jazz. It influenced rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll. Although these styles of music sound different than swing, if one listens closely enough, the old riffs and beats, the repeats and booming volume, as well as other elements of swing can be found in its successors.

And today's new Swing groups like: Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra, Jet Set Six, BadaBing BadaBoom, The New Morty Show, Wally's Swing World, Red & the Red Hots, The Swingtips, Indigo, Blue Plate Special, Royal Crown Revue, Vernonica Martell & her Big City Swing Band, Big Time Operator, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums, Reunion Big Band & Lynn Roberts, Swingerhead, Greg Hardy & the Blue Light Boys, Eight to the Bar, The Camaros, Bellevue Cadillac, Eddie Reed, Pete Jacobs & his Wartime Radio Revue, Colin James, George Gee, The Flying Neutrinos, Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Casey MacGill & the Spirits of Rhythm, Big Kahuna & the Copa Cat Pack, Swingadelic, The Bel Airs, Amy and the Hank Sinatras, Maci Miller, Prairie Cats, the D's3, Torello's Jive Bugs, Tom Cunningham Ochestra, King Teddy, Blue Sky 5, The Jive Aces, Phat Cat Swinger, Harry & the Hightones, and many others are bringing their style of Swing to a new generation. Without a doubt, Swing will continue to be alive and well in the 21st Century.

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