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 ...

Saturday may mark the final performance of the Original Wildcat Jass Band. Fans of the six-member group need not worry. The band is staying together, but leader Rob Wright said he’s so sick of people ...

Over my too many years of attending the Chicago Jazz Festival, I’ve been most excited by two types of sets. The fest sometimes gives us a rare (hopefully not last) chance to see a legendary elder of ...

Whisperz Speakeasy is open to people 25 years old and above. There is no cover charge, but a secret password is needed to enter. (It can be found here.) Guests are asked to dress in finer clothes if ...

Danilo Pérez and Swedish jazz orchestra, Bohuslan Big Band collaborate on the new album Lumen, where Pan-American rhythms meet the Nordic big band sound. The album, characterized by improvisation and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The attached video above is from an unrelated story about Cake Walkin' Jass Band from Aug. 3, 2018. Toledo's oldest New Orleans style jazz band will perform at the Toledo ...

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote. By Richard Sandomir Jim McNeely, a Grammy ...

Tomatoes, mosquitoes, concrete highway barriers — such things have made New Jersey famous. To that roll of honor, add the bands competing in the 30th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band ...