Because Americans all share a sense of swing.
He played broad, resonant notes, with more of a sense of swing.
There is no subtext, only the song conveyed with knowledge, heart, a sophisticated sense of swing and a positive attitude.
There are pizzicato guitar plucks and a slow sense of swing, the "post" bit of post-hardcore.
And unlike more expressionistic groups in the 1960's, the quintet manipulated rhythm and time with a sense of swing.
Notably, both songs were infused with modern harmony and, during their solo choruses, with a cruising sense of swing.
Although possessing a rather thin-toned tenor voice, Astaire received much praise from jazz critics for his innate sense of swing and his conversational way with a song.
A subtle undercurrent of dry humor, along with Mr. Reid's steady sense of swing, kept the mood from deteriorating into weepy self-pity.
Mr. Scofield is a tremendously exciting guitarist who has developed his own harmonic vocabulary and can play with a furious sense of swing.
ART TATUM: "SOLOS, 1940" - The pianist's humor, astounding technique and infallible and graceful sense of swing are all in evidence in this reissue.
