Artie Shaw

Barring a handful of gems, among them Louis Armstrong's salutes to Fats Waller and W.C. Handy, most miss the mark because they try too hard to one-up or mimic the subject of their adulation. Read More

POP-COUNTRY| Taylor Swift's album "Fearless," released a year ago Wednesday, has sold more than 3 million copies and had nine of its songs hit Billboard's Top 100 – four in the Top 10 (two of which – "Love Story" and You Belong With Me" – were No. 1 on the country chart). Read More

Whether you're an AARP senior or a senior in high school, if you have dance fever, slip on some Mary Janes or sneakers and head to Sciortino's in Brewster, N.Y., for a night you won't forget. Read More

You can hear it in virtually everything Artie Shaw recorded in the late 1930s and early and mid-1940s. Read More

The New England Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce its presentation of Amanda Carr and the Kenny Hadley Big Band Jazz Brunch at the renowned Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA on Sunday, November 15, 2009 hosted by WBZ'S Jordan Rich. Guests will enjoy a culinary spectacular beginning promptly at noon followed by many of the big band hits featured on their new CD, Common Thread, which celebrated its release to a sold-out crowd at Scullers Jazz club in Boston. Read More

It also happens to be fitting that his old-time jazz trio is starting its current tour in Lodi, just the sort of small-town American community Garrison Keillor has so pleasantly and wittily ennobled for so many years. Read More

Bob Albergo of the band The Guys in The Neighborhood poses with his clarinet while practicing on his back deck in his Grand Haven township home. Read More

The Knox College Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Read More

PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University's Jazz Ensemble will perform their annual Big Band Dance on Friday, Nov. 13 from 7–10 p.m. at the State Theatre in Clovis on 5th and Main Street. Read More

Plans are well under way to make next year's Integrity Jazz Festival the biggest and best yet, and a charitable organization is once again helping to bring the classic American musical style to Minot. Read More