Swing Revival

The Swing Revival was cultural phenomenon of the 1990s and early 2000s which featured renewed popular interest in music in the style of the

The Swing Revival was cultural phenomenon of the 1990s and early 2000s which featured renewed popular interest in music in the style of the swing period of the 1930s and 1940s. Most of the popular groups of this genre had a basic rock and roll instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums with an additional three to four instrument horn section. The most popular wind instrumentation featured a trumpet, saxophone, and trombone. Bands with this instrumentation include Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. The Brian Setzer Orchestra was exceptional in that its instrumentation was closer to that of the original Swing Era with 13 wind instruments in addition to the guitar/bass/drums combo. The style of Louis Prima was especially influential on the style of the Swing Revival. The Brian Setzer Orchestra recorded covers of several of Prima's pieces. The Swing Revival lasted about a year in the mainstream and is now considerd dead, although some groups are still recording and touring for a select cache of fans who are genuinely interested in the music. Of the remaining acts, only the Brian Setzer Orchestra still maintains a high level of popularity.

Bands of the period tended more toward the sweet style (highly rehearsed) than the hot style (more improvisational, with focus on instrumentalist virtuosity).