LESSSON 5

The Swing Era (1932-1942)
• Post Depression (1929)
• Big Bands become prominent
• Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 saxophones (woodwinds), piano, bass, drums, guitar
• Arranger becomes much more important
• Written out arrangements with less, or little, improvisation
• Some up-tempo tunes
• Many more ballads with jazz interpretation
• Music often for dancing
Music become a big business
• Recordings were now very important
• Recording companies now exercised control over music
• Record salesbecame the determining factor of success, (popularity vs. quality issue) commercialism
• Arrangements & improvised solos confined to much less time in order to adjust to three minute records to fit in juke boxes
• Situation doesn't change until 1948 with 33 1/3 rpm records

About the record business
• Gold record: sells over a million dollars
• Platinum record: sells over a million units
• By 1988 there......

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