Help with geting into playing swing (genre)

[elephantgrey]

I am looking to start playing more swing, the jazz sub-genre, not the rhythmical technique (though i'm guessing that has something to do with it anyway). I am wondering if i can get some hints/tips/advice about techniques specific to the genre, and its popular scales scales, it would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance,
elephantgrey

[Bilbo]

Listen to Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Reginald Veal

Playing wise, play 4 beats to the bar and rarely stick any rhythmic kicks in. Too much 'fiddling' undermines the swing.

[elephantgrey]

Cheers for the advice, ill give them a listen.

[steve]

more recent examples include The Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (all of Bilbo's suggestions must be pretenders because they don't have 'Daddy' in the band name )

[Bilbo]

Count Basie had Papa Jo Jones on drums...