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 ...

May 7—When Amado Peña, Racquel Torres and Arthur Knouse met, they weren't known to the world as the Burque Jazz Bandits, but rather a group of friends who loved to hang out and swing dance on a weekly ...

Press release The MSU-Northern Community Orchestra invites you to an evening of toe-tapping tunes at their concert, Seriously Swing’n Jazz, on Thursday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Little Theatre ...

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 ...

When the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, so was swing dance. A century later, “Swing!” celebrates the music and the moves of this era of jazz. The musical, featuring well-known songs by artists ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The beating heart of Athens would not have the same beat without the genesis of ...

Start your weekend early on Thursday with a film screening in Goldendale or "Rent" in Yakima and end it Sunday with swing ...

The Ditties channel the most exciting qualities of classic close-harmony acts, while incorporating song and storytelling elements that reflect not only their personal struggles and aspirations, but ...

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 ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...

The Swing Solution was first formed in February 1990 under the name The Cupertino Swing Band. Its founder and first leader was Eldred Clark, who had previously started The Serenaders in the late 1960s ...

Follow the musical journey of this often overlooked, but totally musical genius. Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing ...