"These guys found this band," said leader Ken Crowell, a middle school music teacher, after he had set up the 18 chairs and Chops Big Band music stands at the edge of the dining-room dance floor.

In the wake of creating a fierce, hypnotic classical sound for the media dynasty politics of HBO's Succession, which won him a Primetime Emmy, Nicholas Britell turns the volume up to an 11 with ...

On Wednesday, March 20, Arlington Heights music venue and bistro Hey Nonny is hosting The Blueshift Big Band, a 17-piece jazz orchestra lead by Joel Baer and Chris Parso. But the audience won’t ...

Right from the jump, the horns hit with crisp urgency, heralding the arrival of Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band at the Tiny Desk. This is not your grandparents' — or even your great-grandparents ...

The mighty Mingus Big Band ramps it up, beginning with "Gunslinging Bird," and charges ahead from there at the Jazz Standard in New York City. Accessibility links. ... For this set, bassist and ...

So the Tommy Ray Band set up on the stage of Memorial Hall that Dec. 31, ready to deliver nostalgic songs of the ’40s and ’50s to couples about to welcome in the 1970s.

The big band had earned a devoted local following playing outdoor concerts and benefits for school music programs when Manstan died. He’d spent that summer afternoon on the golf course.

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections.

Funk and R&B are the dominant sonic strains on Get Up!—saxophonist-composer Bob Mintzer 's twentieth big band release overall and his fifth for the MCG Jazz imprint. In October of 2014, Mintzer took ...

The Al Cobine Big Band will perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. July 19 at the Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza, 536 Fifth St. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to The Commons ...