Also "Jitterbug." A popular dance that drew on a number of African American popular dances, including tap, the Charleston, the Texas Tommy, and others, and reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s. It was a form of choreographed swing, adding aerial moves, breakaways and acrobatics to mime the bravura style of the big swing bands.
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (1941)
To create an effect by falling behind the rhythm.
To temporarily cease playing while others continue.
The melody or top part of an arrangement; a part played by a lead trumpet, lead alto saxophone, etc.
A piece of music in its simplest form: melody, words, and harmony.
A distinction made by drummers' and pianists' for the use of different hands.
Short musical ideas that are regularly repeated in the improvisations of a particular soloist. See formulaic improvisation.
The strength and ability of brass players to execute music, especially high notes.
A form of chord voicing for piano in which the left and right hands of a pianist moving together closely and in parallel, the left hand doubling the same chord played by the right. (See also block chords.)