And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot of jazz that was sweeping the nation in the 1930s.

"I could never turn my back on the songs that I've written and sung over ... he's pivoting away the rock 'n' roll genre and making a swing album earlier this month, the "Maggie May" singer ...

an eclectic collection of big-band arrangements of rock, jazz and blues songs running the gamut from the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead to Freddie King and Tower of Power. An arranger with ...