The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra (KSO) Lindy hops back to two Swing Eras for it's November 18th show at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. Experience true blasts from the past as the KSO's ...

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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 ...

“Swing!,” which opens tonight at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, is a dance show. But not the way “A Chorus Line” or “West Side Story” or “Chicago” are dance shows. While those musicals may feature some ...

Swing bands, and the couples who moved across the dance floor to those popular tunes, ruled the roost in Westchester in the 1930s and 1940s, with hundreds of dancers showing up for a night out at Glen ...

The Swing Era, which began in the early 1930s and lasted for almost two decades, produced some of the most celebrated bands, renowned musicians and memorable songs in the history of American music.

2002-10-22 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Abe Most, a swing clarinetist known for working with the Les Brown and Tommy Dorsey bands in the 1940s and 50s, has died. He was 82. Mr. Most, who later went to ...