With a big band orchestra, singers and swing dancers, IN THE MOOD, is the retro 1940's musical that brings to the stage the music that moved a nation's spirit and helped win a war. More than a concert ...

You have to feel this kind of music,” says Cheri Headrick. “My enjoyment of this music has increased tenfold, and I have already learned so much from the incredible musicians we are working with.” ...

Celebrate the season with a free big band holiday show at Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake. Join Fox Cities Swing Band at 1 p ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - People swung to the music in Marquette today for the Westerly Winds Big Band’s last gig of the year ...

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genres most legendary musicians Besides innovative clarinetist composer and bandleader Artie ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Cincinnati Museum Center celebrated the 1940s. Sunday was 1940s Day at Union Terminal. People got to check out classic cars, jazz and big band music, and costume contests. Many ...

Ask a music geek or a historian and they will probably tell you that the big-band era that was born with radio relay of the Benny Goodman band at L.A.'s Palomar Ballroom on Aug. 21, 1935, ended some ...

AUSTIN, Texas — It was called “big band” music back in the day: The smooth sounds of a large orchestra playing popular tunes designed to be danced to. In the 1940s, “big band” tunes were the dominant ...

Step back in time and celebrate the glitzy glamour and elegant spirit of the 1940s with the Cynthia Spencer Hospice Big Band Bash this autumn. The nostalgic entertainment event, which features ...

The Satin Dollz celebrate the big-band sounds and glamorous styles of victorious World War II America while honoring veterans and today's active military. "These girls are a fantastic community of ...