The popular music of several decades ago required many instruments, hence the name “big band era.” Today, bandwidth increase is again a sign of the times. The explosion of Internet usage, ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Swing and sway to the music of the Big Band Era at the Silent Wings Museum on Friday, November 8, 2024. Doors open at 5 p.m. and admission is FREE. Enjoy dance lessons ...

President Donald Trump holds his sixth Cabinet meeting since Inauguration Day. by Leslee Jaquette Do you hanker for the great sounds of the Big Band era? Would you give your eye-tooth to once again ...

1. In 1934, after years of struggle, the American clarinetist Benny Goodman assembled a band that included Gene Krupa on drums, Bunny Berigan on trumpet and Helen Ward on vocals. A six-month gig on ...

Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Shaun Johnson. The evolution of big band music continues at Lourdes High School on Friday night. Shaun Johnson, of Tonic Sol-fa fame, took big band sounds, tossed in some ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from ...

Chris Griffin, 89, one of finest trumpeters of the Big Band era and best known for his work with Benny Goodman, died of melanoma June 18 in Danbury, Conn. Through the latter half of the 1930s, Goodman ...

When and where: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Cushing Highway About: Boston’s premiere Rat Pack tribute big band sets up shop on the South Shore for the ...

CLAREMONT — The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra in its 4 p.m. concert Sunday at the Claremont Opera House will spotlight a time when this Granite State city was a mainstay for touring swing bands. Founded in ...

The Big Band Alumni is a 17-piece big band that features some musicians that are graduates of the greatest big bands of all time like Benny Goodman, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Count Basie ...