Before bebop and the cool jazz era, swing dancing was the heartbeat of American nightlife. In the 1930s and ’40s, big bands ...

If there’s one sound that defines classic jazz, it’s the feel of swing. At its core, swing comes from dividing the beat into ...

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 ...

Jazz music is an inherently elusive genre. While its roots stem from influences like European harmonics, African rhythms, ragtime, and blues, it’s impossible to pinpoint the exact seed from which it ...

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 ...

Joseph Polidoro: What can a 35-millisecond moment in swing jazz tell us about our sense of hearing, our capacity for music, and even human consciousness? Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery ...

An Oregon band is preserving the swing jazz tunes that brought a semblance of normality to the thousands of families trapped behind barbed wire at the Minidoka prison camp in Idaho during World War II ...

Featuring an All-Star Lineup: Hannah Gill, Queen Esther, Gabe Terraccciano, Alphonso Horne, Justin Poindexter, Gordon Webster, Patrick Soluri, and more. As a relatively new group founded in 2018, the ...

The Trini superstar also shared the stage with acclaimed jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles. Read Billboard's show review.

"I want to do something for my community that says, 'You have another choice for entertainment,'" says Hertel, a married father of four who works in the Office of Institutional Research at Gonzaga ...