She would go on to record other swing-era hits with Krupa and Stan Kenton ... On this edition of Night Lights we‘ll delve into the music of her early years, when the big band era was at its ...

Southern musical forms changed as they grew to national popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. They thrived ... the western swing dance music of Bob Wills, the honky-tonk music of Ernest Tubb ...

The Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform at Mechanics Hall on Nov. 16, and music director Eric Stabnau thinks it's an ideal ...

The original Modelaires were formed in Jeannette in the early 1940s ... Swing X-perience for a talent show at Greensburg Central Catholic High School when he was 16. Though he started music ...

Roy Haynes, the legendary jazz drummer whose career spanned nearly 80 years, has died. He was 99. His daughter Leslie ...

Roy Haynes, the powerful and prolific jazz drummer whose career stretched from the swing era of the 1940s to the fusion era ...

Roy Haynes, a versatile drummer who played with jazz greats including Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, died Tuesday after ...

Pachucos, young Mexican Americans with a penchant for flashy attire, embraced zoot suit fashion, jump blues, jazz and swing music and affirmed ... In the 1940s the Pachucos emerged in L.A. and ...

When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into ...

As a producer, arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist, he made a powerful mark on nearly every genre he touched.

The music was spot on too – lively swing tunes that fit the 1940s vibe perfectly but were still upbeat enough to keep the energy going. It was impossible not to tap your feet. We also ordered ...

The music was spot on too – lively swing tunes that fit the 1940s vibe perfectly but were still upbeat enough to keep the energy going. It was impossible not to tap your feet. We also ordered some ...