Smithsonian collection of recordings: RD 108 (additional numbers: RJ 0014; S25-17618). Continues the title: Big band jazz. Compact discs. Program notes by Bill Kirchner, with bibliography and index ...

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the very dance-oriented swinging music of the Big Bands was the most popular music around. Never had jazz been more central to mass culture. Just over the horizon ...

With a big band orchestra, singers and swing dancers, IN THE MOOD, is the retro 1940's musical that brings to the stage the music that moved a nation's spirit and helped win a war. More than a concert ...

As we continue our journey in the recent work of some of the most compelling jazz orchestras and big bands of today, and a few from the past that were so ahead of their time that their music still ...

Holly Larocque and Mark Ferguson's 13-piece orchestra will take you back to 1940s big band radio broadcasts from starlit ballrooms in a concert at the Liberty Theater, at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23. This ...

Visitors to Historic Smithfield Plantation are familiar with being transported back in time, but those visiting on Sept. 21 won’t be going all the way back to 1774 as usual. On that day, they’ll only ...