It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

“Holiday Swing!,” the Charleston Jazz Orchestra’s (CJO) annual Christmas program, is an accessible, fun way to enjoy jazz Dec. 6 at the Charleston Music Hall. For each of the last 18 years, the CJO’s ...

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 ...

Joseph Polidoro: What can a 35-millisecond moment in swing jazz tell us about our sense of hearing, our capacity for music, and even human consciousness? Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery ...

The first definitive biography of Gene Krupa, the most famous drummer on the planet, whose feverish rhythms defined the Swing Era, changed jazz music forever, spurred rock and roll, and influenced ...

Ensemble performs "We Swing (The Cypher)", by the Baylor Project. Clip of The Baylor Project performing their song, "We Swing (The Cypher)", with vocalists Jazzmeia Horn and Dianne Reeves, at the 2023 ...

One of Columbia's most respected musical institutions officially kicks off its new season Sunday, Aug. 24, when the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series hosts a launch party on The Roof atop The Broadway ...

In tall and feathery words, an ecstatic esthete in the New Republic called it “New York’s most important musical event of several decades.” The music of Bunk Johnson was not as good as all that, but ...

This semi-formal event will be held in the lobby of the Jackson Sasser Fine Arts Hall and will include light appetizers and ...

The Ditties channel the most exciting qualities of classic close-harmony acts, while incorporating song and storytelling elements that reflect not only their personal struggles and aspirations, but ...

"I want to do something for my community that says, 'You have another choice for entertainment,'" says Hertel, a married father of four who works in the Office of Institutional Research at Gonzaga ...

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 ...