In particular, after creating a cappella versions of popular songs from the 1950s-1980s for two previous Chicago a cappella programs (“The History of Rock and Soul,” Parts I and II), I was thrilled to have the opportunity to delve even further back into 20th-century popular musical history. In my long association with Chicago a cappella, I’ve written dozens of arrangements for these singers, and it’s always a special joy. Swing: “when an individual player or ensemble performs in such a rhythmically coordinated way as to command a visceral response from the listener (to cause feet to tap and heads to nod.)” Louis Armstrong on the Bing Crosby radio show (1950) Ha! Ha! White folks, yo’all sho is a mess.” “Ah, swing, well, we used to call it syncopation-then they called it ragtime, then blues-then jazz.
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