Swing Is Extreme Coordination. It's A Maintaining Balance, Equilibrium. It's About Executing Very Difficult Rhythms With A Panache And A Feeling In The Context Of Very Strict Time. So, Everything About The Swing Is About Some Guideline And Some Grid And The Elegant Way That You Negotiate Your Way Through That Grid.

-Wynton Marsalis

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Swing Is Extreme Coordination. It's A Maintaining

Wynton Marsalis

Swing Is Extreme Coordination. It's A Maintaining Balance, Equilibrium. It's About Executing Very Difficult Rhythms With A Panache And A Feeling In The Context Of Very Strict Time. So, Everything About The Swing Is About Some Guideline And Some Grid And The Elegant Way That You Negotiate Your Way Through That Grid.

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