His compositions, spanning from the swing era to the avant-garde, remain deeply embedded in the fabric of American music. In 2025, Ellington’s work remains as relevant as ever, especially during ...

For today’s music youngsters, those folks younger than 60 years of age, the drummer first recalled probably is Ringo Starr of The Beatles. However, for us oldsters, the vibes of the swing era ...

In the 1980s an ethnomusicologist and jazz drummer named Charles Keil claimed that swing depends on very small rhythmic variations—called microtiming variations—among musicians.

It was back in 1924 when The Whitby first opened its doors to struggling chorus girls, traveling jazz musicians, theater stars and fresh-faced Broadway hopefuls. The roster of past residents ...

The first definitive biography of the pioneering drummer and bandleader who brought percussion from back to center stage, influencing generations of musicians from jazz to rock—and beyond The Master ...

It's good fit for a band like this," he said. The legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all dance bandleaders back in the Swing Era of the 1930s and '40s.

June 6: “Cruisin’,” with the music of Billy Joel, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. June 13: “Swing, Inc.,” with swing-era music featuring that of Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller.

He wrote the music for 23 Crosby films and, with lyricist Sammy Cahn, he wrote the Sinatra tunes that defined the Post-World War II decades of swing. According to his New York Times obituary (Feb ...

When the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, so was swing dance. A century later, “Swing!” celebrates the music and the moves of this era of jazz. The musical, featuring well-known songs by ...

Don’t miss swing era music at Forte Jazz Lounge The Fortettes singing ensemble will join The Forte Jazz Lounge Big Band July 1 for two patriotic concerts that will feature songs by Andrews ...

AMSTERDAM — Linda Lee and the Foxcreek Band will play music from the swing era through the 1960s for square and round dancing from 4 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 29, at Elks Lodge 101, 8 Fourth Ave.