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 ...

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will celebrate August with a packed calendar of world-class jazz, swing, and big band performances. From legends and Grammy winners to new album releases and ...

Paul Cosentino’s Boilermaker Jazz Band brings the sounds of the jazz age and swing era back to life. Interpreting Jazz Classics and The Great American Songbook in their own unique fashion, you’ll hear ...

Follow the musical journey of this often overlooked, but totally musical genius. Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...

String Swing is a Copenhagen based jazz group with a music style based on solid gypsy swing and a vast load of original material. String Swing’s main attraction is singer Alice Carreri, who joined the ...

It's a rare and beautiful thing when two passions, shared by two people, come together so happily, and when the results produce two kinds of fun. Take Rod Stewart, rock star legend and model train ...

In 1931, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills even dedicated a song to the phenomenon of swing which they called "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing". Yet, to this day, the question of what ...

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 ...

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 ...