George Gee is a Chinese-American swing big-band leader. He founded the 17-piece George Gee Swing Orchestra (formerly known as the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra) in 1980 and the ten-piece Jump, Jive, and Wailers in 1998. Gee is a favorite bandleader of many lindy hoppers worldwide, including legendary Savoy Ballroom dancers Frankie Manning and Dawn Hampton. Chinese Americans (Traditional Chinese: 美籍華人; Simplified Chinese: 美籍华人; pinyin: Měijí Huárén; American-national Chinese) are residents or citizens of the United States who are of Chinese descent. ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and solidified as a distinctive style during the 1930s in the United States. ... A big band is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music. ... A bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... Dancing the Lindy hop at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sacramento, California, USA (2006) Lindy hop is an African American vernacular dance that evolved in New York City in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, was a public place for music and dance shows from 1926 to 1958. ... Frankie Manning or Frankie Musclehead Manning, born Frank Manning in Jacksonville, Florida in May 1914, is an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. ...

External links

• Official Gee website