Pros And Cons Of Selection B

I believe that selection B is a swing piece. The song feels smooth and danceable while featuring a full and large sound along with its other musical characteristics led me to believe it is swing. The piece featured a distinct call and response characteristic at 0:12-0:19, first the woodwind instruments play there note then the brass seems to respond by playing their note. The piece also has a strong form, throughout the song there is a balanced amount of repetition and contrast to make the song appealing. Additionally, since the piece is swing, it has a 32-bar form and subdivided beats that are long then short, which is a standard rhythmic quality of swing music. The melody overall seems tuneful in nature, because of the songs repeating phrases
and rhythms and conjunct melody. In the song the melody is conjunct because there are no extreme leaps normally played in the piece.The piece could not be cool jazz as it lacks a slower tempo, gentle rhythm, and soothing relaxing sound. The piece could not be from the blues as the song contains no blue notes, and does not feature the guitar which is an important instrument for the blues.