This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Nina Ferro, Topsy Chapman and Stephanie Nakasian join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to recall female singers of the Swing Era— from Ella and Billie to Martha Tilton, ...

Today most big bands are part-time affairs, with leaders writing most if not all of the charts. These arrangements provide each band with its own musical personality, with the writing slightly more ...

Sixty-six years ago, this world we live in was much different. Hundreds of big bands played music that was melodic and swinging. Couples even touched when they danced. While catchy novelty tunes ...

There are many facets to great artists' careers, from their earliest musical adventures to their final recordings. Some lose their remarkable musical facilities as age, illness or drug abuse takes its ...

This article originally appeared on Kveller. Printed in black and white and bigotry all over, Nazi official Hans Severus Ziegler’s brochure for his public exhibit in Dusseldorf featured an African ...

Artie Shaw, the brilliant clarinetist and bandleader who epitomized the Big Band era with hits such as "Begin the Beguine" and "Stardust" before abandoning the music world for writing and other… By ...

Artie Shaw was born 100 years ago Sunday. He was a Swing Era sensation, a bandleader who lit a fire under a generation of jitterbuggers. He was also an outspoken, self-taught clarinetist who became a ...