Jazz musicians and scholars have long debated the question: What exactly is this thing called swing? Now physicists say they've cracked the secret. KELLY: ...Specifically about jazz. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: (Singing) What is this thing called swing? What is this thing called swing? KELLY: In 1939, Louis Armstrong asked a question that musicians still debate. What creates the swing feel ...

Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The... What makes that song swing? At last, physicists ...