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 ...
May 7—When Amado Peña, Racquel Torres and Arthur Knouse met, they weren't known to the world as the Burque Jazz Bandits, but rather a group of friends who loved to hang out and swing dance on a weekly ...
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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 artists ...
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that ...
Follow the musical journey of this often overlooked, but totally musical genius. Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing ...
For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...
Jazz musicians and scholars have long debated the question: What exactly is this thing called swing? Now physicists say they've cracked the secret. KELLY: ...Specifically about jazz. (SOUNDBITE OF ...