Please note that material donations cannot come directly to the Center. The Swing Era provided the sound track to the Great Depression and World War II, and in its music lie the stories of one of the ...

In 1925 the Jazz Age was in full swing. It was the year Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington made their first recordings.The Phantom of the Opera opened at movie theaters. The Ku Klux Klan marched ...

In 1925 the Jazz Age was in full swing. It was the year Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington made their first recordings.The Phantom of the Opera opened at movie theaters. The Ku Klux Klan marched ...

SEVENTEEN's subunit BSS has returned with Teleparty, an album that blends swing jazz, synth-funk, and nostalgic pop. The ...

Each band had its own arranger, who wrote the music. Although there were still some improvised solos in swing music, playing the parts that were written by the arranger was very important.

Featuring seven jazz standards reimagined in the band ... The band’s mission, Kaedin said, was to recreate the sound of the 1950s swing era while adding Ella’s vocals and also experimenting ...