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  • swing a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  • miller United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
  • goodman United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
  • jive a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  • benjamin david goodman United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
  • swing music a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  • benny goodman United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
  • glenn miller United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
  • alton glenn miller United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
  • king of swing United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
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