I think frogfunk is placing emphasis on swing as a vibe while I was reacting to the original posting as swing as a rhythmic pattern.
Swing time always seemed to me as placing a swing note in the beginning of a bunch straight eighth notes. Or dropping a swing note in from time to time, so it sounds like alternating "long" and "short" notes to achieve that "triplet feel." That's the propulsive groove that makes Jazz swing.
Some web references:
Why Jazz Swings:
http://www.edwardwillett.com/Arts%20Columns/swing.htmWikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_timeNow the thing is one might think that swing feel is limited to "swing" or "bebop" but I find that is also the heart of other black musical styles like funk, soul, hiphop, etc.
Try to play the swing pattern on the hihat then play a hiphop pattern on the kick and snare. That should still swing.
Some funk musical references:
Harvey Mason playing "Chameleon" with Herbie Hancock on "Headhunters"
Mike Clark on "Actual Proof" with the Headhunters on "Thrust".
That is a marked difference from playing straight eights all the way. The Ramones reference came about because the drum pattern that came to my mind was "I Wanna Be Sedated." All straight eight cymbal patterns and a clubfooted dug-pak-dug-dug-pak kick-snare pattern.
This doesn't mean to say that rock can't swing - a lot of LedZep and Doors and Hendrix swings
But not all rock swings.
As a local example, on Sandwich's last album, "Sugod" doesn't swing, but "DVDX" does
However I can't think of any example of jazz that doesn't swing.