Ninety years after the swing era sparked to life in Oakland, dancers still love the Lindy Hop, supplying jazz musicians with ...

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 ...

The 10th annual Treme Fall Festival celebrates the historic neighborhood's history and cultural influence on Oct. 25 with ...

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 ...

Swing music host Bill Cartwright airs his final show Saturdy, Aug. 7. To use his favorite phrase, "it doesn't get any better than" Bill Cartwright. Cartwright, 85, big band swing music host and ...

Swing bands, and the couples who moved across the dance floor to those popular tunes, ruled the roost in Westchester in the 1930s and 1940s, with hundreds of dancers showing up for a night out at Glen ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!” The East Carolina University School of Theatre & Dance will perform “Swing!” on Feb. 22-26 at McGinnis Theatre. That’s one ...

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 ...

For many jazz fans, the saying goes “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” The same ethos does not really apply to heavy metal and hard rock where bombast and intensity are a big part of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Washburn University kicked off the first homecoming event of the week with swing dancing. Friday ...

Rod Stewart is reinventing himself at age 79 with forays into new musical genres. The rock legend recently teamed up with Jools Holland and the bandleader's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra to create a new ...