He played with unfaltering time and excelled at showcase swing pieces such as "Sweet Georgia Brown".
He was the first jazz musician ever to be invited on to the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme; has already premiered his own piano concerto at the Proms; written big-band swing pieces with a canny, old-school arranger's adroitness; runs his own world-class cross-genre trio, and a lot more.
That may be because you start at level 55 and have more abilities at the outset than "run in fear" and "swing piece-of-garbage axe".
Her successes have included swing pieces like "Why Don't You Do Right," novelties like "Manana," the jazz-tinged "Fever" and "Lover," as well as Lieber and Stoller's 1969 Grammy Award winner, "Is That All There Is?" (with a remarkable arrangement by Randy Newman).
Their reference points included Ennio Morricone, Joe Meek and Marianne Faithfull, and the results show it : On the Swings glistens like a soundtrack to lost 60s cult cinema, while Hearts Are for Breaking is a swinging piece of melancholic pop.
In so doing, she is not only helping to keep artisanal traditions alive, but she is also providing a walking, swinging piece of education for the wearer and any of the many admirers who see the wearer in these stunning sophisticated capes and coats".
And it was, as if the designer had attached various, swinging pieces of fabric — and there were plenty — to a global wheel.
The performers, ranging in age from four to nineteen, include the well-trained Tap City Youth Ensemble performing clever, swinging pieces by Brenda Bufalino, Harold Cromer, and the fresh talent Michelle Dorrance — not your usual dance-recital fare.
He has a student who has taken a number of grade exams, but can't "swing" a piece, jazz-style.
