Swing

Swing! is a musical conceived by Paul Kelly with music by various artists. It celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz (1930s–1946), including many well-known tunes by artists like Duke Ellington, William "Count" Basie, Benny Goodman and others. It received a nomination for the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical and other Tony Awards.

Swing or swinging may refer to: ==Apparatus== Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth Pendulum, an object that swings Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round ==Arts, entertainment, and media== ===Films=== Swing! (1938 film), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux Swing (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead Swing (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif Swing (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui Swing (2010 film), a Hindi short film Swing (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer ===Music=== ====Styles==== Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz Swing music, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s Swung rhythm, a rhythmic style in music ====Groups and labels==== Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hong Kong pop music group Swing Time Records, a record label ====Albums==== The Swing (INXS album), a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS Swing (The Manhattan Transfer album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer Swing (soundtrack), soundtrack of the 1999 film Swing, a 2009 album by Christian De Sica Swing (Renée Geyer album), 2013 album by Renée Geyer Swing (EP), a 2014 album by South Korean-Chinese group, Super Junior-M ===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media=== Swing (dance), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music Swing (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical Swing (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation Swing, an understudy in the musical theatre who prepares several roles Swinging (TV series), an Australian kids TV series. ==Politics== Swing (politics), the extent of change in voter support Swing (Australian politics), refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another Swing (United Kingdom), an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830 ==Sports== Swing (boxing), a type of punch Baseball swing, the process of attempting to hit a ball with a bat in the game of baseball Golf swing or golf stroke mechanics, the means by which golfers analyze the execute their shots in the sport of golf Swing bowling, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket ==Transportation== Aquilair Swing, a French ultralight trike aircraft design S-Wing Swing, light sport aircraft designed and built in the Czech Republic Swing Bike, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer ==Other uses== Swing (Java), a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language Swing (surname) Swing rifle, type of firearm Swing trading, when a tradable asset is held for one or more days to profit from price changes Swinging (sexual practice), when partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others The Swing Youth (German: Swingjugend), a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Nazi Germany ==See also== The Swing (disambiguation) Swings (disambiguation) Swinger (disambiguation) Swingin' (disambiguation) Pendulum (disambiguation) Swung dash

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