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== Overview == Swing has its roots in 1920s dance music [[Musical ensemble|ensembles]], which began using new styles of written arrangements, incorporating rhythmic innovations pioneered by [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Coleman Hawkins]], [[Benny Carter]] and other jazzmen.<ref>[https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/swing-swing-swing-the-best-jazz-bandleaders-of-all-time/ Swing, Swing,Swing] Retrieved 11 March 2021</ref> During the World War II era, swing began to decline in popularity, and after war, [[bebop]] and [[jump blues]] gained popularity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-12-05-1993339172-story.html|title=The missing link in the evolution of JUMP BLUES|first=J. D.|last=Considine|website=Baltimoresun.com|date=5 December 1993 | accessdate=23 February 2021}}</ref> Swing blended with other genres to create new musical styles. In [[country music]], artists such as [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], [[Moon Mullican]], [[Milton Brown]] and [[Bob Wills]] introduced elements of swing along with [[blues]] to create a genre called "[[western swing]]".<ref>Price, "Jazz Guitar and Western Swing", p. 82.</ref> Famous [[Romani people|roma]] guitarist [[Django Reinhardt]] created [[gypsy swing]] music<ref>Dregni, Michael (2008). Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing. Oxford University Press. pp. 10β13. {{ISBN|978-0-19-531192-1}}.</ref> and composed the gypsy swing standard "Minor Swing".<ref>Dregni, Michael (2004). Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-516752-X}}.</ref> In the late 1980s to early 1990s, new [[urban contemporary|urban]]-styled swing-beat emerged called [[new jack swing]] (New York go-go), created by young producer [[Teddy Riley]].<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/teddy-riley-mn0000018176 Teddie Riley] Retrieved 11 December 2020</ref> In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, there was a [[swing revival]], led by [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7393638/squirrel-nut-zippers-puffer-song-premiere |title=Squirrel Nut Zippers Reissuing 'Hot' - Listen to Unreleased 1991 Song 'The Puffer': Exclusive|date=6 June 2016 |first1=Andy |last1=Gensler |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref> [[Brian Setzer]] orchestra and [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]].<ref>[http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/mondavi-swings-to-the-jive-of-big-bad-voodoo-daddy/article_da5768f4-4b0d-5313-b6b7-6ecb43bf9a5d.html Mondavi swings to the jive of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy] Retrieved 11 March 2021</ref>
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