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 ...

A sell-out performance was held by the Rancho Santa Fe Big Band Swing Orchestra on Dec. 15 at the Secret Garden in the heart of Rancho Santa Fe. This jazz orchestra, in existence since 2001, continues ...

Connie Haines, a vivacious singer who achieved her greatest fame with Tommy Dorsey's big band in the early 1940s and who was forever grateful to Frank Sinatra for saving her life after her dress ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Together, and in separate bands, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were among the nation's most popular musicians in the big band era. The ...

POTTSVILLE — The M&J Big Band of Pottsville is “swinging into 2025” with “energy, passion and a full slate of performances” as it celebrates its 15th anniversary “of delivering the iconic sounds of ...

In the Mood: The Big Band Era in the Bluegrass is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

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Do you hanker for the great sounds of the Big Band era? Would you give your eye-tooth to once again dance to music of the greats such as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman? Then, hanker no more. Every ...

A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from Shenandoah into musical immortality during the big band era. Together, and separately, the often feuding ...

The nonet, a nine-member ensemble which enables features of both small group and big band arranging and playing, has probably deserved greater use than it has seen in jazz over the years. Among the ...