Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Featuring the music of jazz composer Tom Kubis, Central Oregon Community College’s Big Band Jazz group is performing its ...

For one of the few big band jazz groups in the region, it’s all about keeping the music alive and well. The origins of The Dues Band stem from founder Alan Hirayama wanting to create a musical ...

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...

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Brian Culbertson has scored hit singles on just about every Billboard chart there is. Culbertson, an Illinois-born pianist, bandleader and songwriter who performs at the Charleston Music Hall on Oct.

3, 2, 1, let’s jam! The Bebop Bounty Big Band brings together storytelling andhigh-octane jazz like you’ve never seen before. Cowboy Bebop LIVE is a completemultimedia experience highlighting the ...

Lehigh Valley jazz musicians Patrick Kerssen and John Valinote were driving across Pennsylvania the long way when the idea struck them. “We had played a gig in Ohio and were on the way home,” Kerssen ...

The fact that Nashville has long been home to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the nation’s premier facility devoted to country music history, is shocking to no one. Though the decision to ...

Bohuslän Big Band is one of Northern Europe’s foremost big bands and an essential part of the Scandinavian jazz scene. The big band collaborates with national and international artists and composers ...

In New Orleans after the Mardi Gras parades, you can hear Big Freedia, Galactic, Dumpstaphunk, Jon Cleary, John Boutte, the ...