Swing music became popular around the world and the UK developed its own big bands. The audio clip below is of Lew Stone and his band, who were one of the most successful British big bands of the ...

And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot of jazz that was sweeping the nation in the 1930s.

Swing era and big band materials collected by C ... photographs, and letters, about Glenn Miller and Big Bands; and an unpublished manuscript and memorabilia about the vocal group, The Modernaires.

A Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing night is coming to Cutnall Green. The Swing from Paris quartet will perform as part of Droitwich Jazz Club on Friday, October 10. The quartet, inspired by ...

Nostalgia season is officially in full swing, as Warped Tour recently revealed the (mostly) full lineups for all three of its 2025 festivals. But which one has the most amount of bands playing?

As seen on Sky Arts, the LPSO celebrates a century of swing! Beginning with Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, we trace the development of big bands through the ...

Stapleton resident Russ Anixter and his Hippie Big Band recently released their first album, “What Is?”, an eclectic collection of big-band arrangements of rock, jazz and blues songs running the gamut ...