In the mid-1950s, Quincy Jones was part of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band at a time when the U.S. State Department sent them on a goodwill tour around the globe. It was during the Cold War, and ...

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

Generoso Jimenez, 90, a legendary Cuban trombonist and arranger who helped create the 1950s big-band sound of Afro Cuban icon Beny Moré, died Saturday at Coral Gables Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

The Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band will present a concert featuring music of the 1950s at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the band shell in Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario. The ...