What offers jazz its swing? A delay makes the distinction

Jazzy sound, or swing, has a je ne sais quoi that even consultants wrestle to place into phrases. Experiments by a staff of physicists and psychologists now assist the speculation that the swing feeling is produced when performers subtly deviate from each other within the timing of their notes¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03082-z

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