Swing music became popular around the world and the UK developed its own big bands. The audio clip below is of Lew Stone and his band, who were one of the most successful British big bands of the ...

Big-band music began to appear more often on records. Basie collected a new full-size outfit 16 months ago, bounced back with a reputation as the swingingest band in the land. “Our old book was ...

Free parking is available on site. This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Tribute act to perform songs from ...

Here are 10 examples of musicians who only played on a big band’s debut album ... who didn’t make it past a popular band’s initial LP. Even if both parties did awesome stuff afterward ...

The Big Bands dominated the music three decades of performances. The Big Bands dominated the music scene by the end of the 1930s and continued their popularity well scene by the end of the 1930s ...