You can take the kid out of the jazz band, but you can’t take the jazz band out of the kid. Or something like that. It’s a formula that sits at the core of Bruce Cameron of Elgin, organizer and ...

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't in the history books" -- [pt]. 1. Playing the changes of World War II -- 1. Working the swing shift : effects of World War II on all-girl bands -- 2. "Hours of charm ...

Martha Tilton, 91, a glamorous blond singer of the big-band era called "Liltin' Miss Tilton" for her easy-mannered vocals and the last surviving star of Benny Goodman's landmark 1938 swing concert at ...

Broncho Legacy and the Odessa High School Jazz Band will join forces for a trip down memory lane for the K-OHS Radio Hour. The show will feature tunes from the 1940s, professional swing dancers and ...

Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...

An Oregon band is preserving the swing jazz tunes that brought a semblance of normality to the thousands of families trapped behind barbed wire at the Minidoka prison camp in Idaho during World War II ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

The Back Porch Swing Band will headline Artsbridge Summer Music Series from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at City Park. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — The Back Porch Swing Band is the featured act this week at ...