Not having been to a Ceroc swingers hour, 'generally understood' means little to me. I do accept that in your terms, the music fitted the title perfectly. However, IMHO 'Swing' isn't just the title of a genre of music that covers 20s - 30s swing & foxtrot, r&b, r&r, brat-pack & modern swing variants. To me, 'swing' describes what the music does, and IMO most of r&b tracks & nearly all r&r tracks just don't swing. I know that there are a great many other people that would agree with me & probably as many who wouldn't.
Anyway, that's a much bigger 'terminology' debate. I'll just accept that my narrow definition of 'swing' is not shared by all.
Mmmm, I can feel a blog entry coming on...
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