Idyllic Music Podcast #155 - The Sweet and Lowdown
Featuring MudVille, Sliptone, Gone, King Dubby, graphiqsgroove and Terence Blanchard.
Idyllic Music Podcast | Trip Hop - Downtempo - Electronica
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Show Notes
This week, we'll look at at the sweet and lowdown. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Ellington knew it and Irving Mills codified it but many of today's singer-songwriters from Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Nora Jones and notably Amos Lee's "Sweet Pea" have taken it to heart. From it's pre-war origins, swing music's rhythmic style based on a triplet subdivision of the beat was what moved hips out on the dance floor.