Get ready for a night of toe-tapping rhythms when Krissie and the Kranks roll into Stone Mountain Arts Center on Friday. This ...
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...
Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...
Rod Stewart is reinventing himself at age 79 with forays into new musical genres. The rock legend recently teamed up with Jools Holland and the bandleader's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra to create a new ...
Swing bands, and the couples who moved across the dance floor to those popular tunes, ruled the roost in Westchester in the 1930s and 1940s, with hundreds of dancers showing up for a night out at Glen ...
"I want to do something for my community that says, 'You have another choice for entertainment,'" says Hertel, a married father of four who works in the Office of Institutional Research at Gonzaga ...
WAIMEA — Club Kahilu Dance Night returns for an electrifying evening of swing, jazz, and big band classics at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Big Island Swing Band, featuring Na Hoku Hanohano Award recipient ...
There was considerable evidence last week that big brassy jazz bands would have to pipe down or go away. After twelve years in which swing has been king, the crown is now passing to the sweet. Said ...
Feeling like you could use some jazz music to soothe your post-Christmas blues and rev up your new year? Then you won’t want to miss Uptown Swing, which will perform Sunday as part of the Dukes ...
Earlier this summer I was contacted by Art Risavy Jr., mayor of Edwardsville and owner of Swing City Music. He sent an email and wrote that Swing City Music is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Would ...