An Oregon band is preserving the swing jazz tunes that brought a semblance of normality to the thousands of families trapped behind barbed wire at the Minidoka prison camp in Idaho during World War II ...

Featuring an All-Star Lineup: Hannah Gill, Queen Esther, Gabe Terraccciano, Alphonso Horne, Justin Poindexter, Gordon Webster, Patrick Soluri, and more. Album Available July 28, 2023 Fresh off its ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can take the kid out of the jazz band, but you can’t take the jazz band out of the kid. Or something like that. It’s a formula that sits at the core of Bruce Cameron of Elgin, organizer and ...

The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, drawing attendees from near ...

Swing band music will always be cool. An inability to see its coolness is, well, not very cool. In this writer’s opinion, it’s still one of the hippest things around, a style of music that literally ...

The Back Porch Swing Band will headline Artsbridge Summer Music Series from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at City Park. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — The Back Porch Swing Band is the featured act this week at ...

The Coeur d’Alene Big Band will be playing for the Coeur d’Alene Eagles November Tea Dance in the ballroom from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.

The mirrored ball is softly spinning above the polished floor, and women are changing from flats into gold-lame’ heels. Other couples arrive in jeans and tennis shoes and stay that way, while two ...