Public opposition to jazz fades as new generations embrace swing, big band, bebop, and later styles. However, during the Cold War, jazz is still banned in some Eastern European countries for being ...

The chapter “Our Mainstream Jazz” describes how, by 1970, jazz gained a modernist, formalized sensibility after the influence ...

Through the years, the Airmen of Note has presented its own brand of big band jazz as well as more contemporary forms of jazz to audiences via annual tours across the United States, deployments around ...

film star and comedian – Satchmo was a virtuosic performer and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. His was truly a Wonderful World. A big-band jazz trailblazer, Ellington was a ...

Calling all Edmonds Jazz Fans. Come on out and enjoy a night of Big Band Jazz during the monthly Edmonds Art Walk on Thursday ...

The current game schedule can be found on the Go Riverhawks website. The UMass Lowell Pep Band, also known as the Jazz Rock Big Band, is under the direction of Dan Lutz, and Deb Huber. Established in ...

The Bucknell University Jazz Band offers students of all majors and academic interests the opportunity to experience modern and historically important literature in a traditional big band environment ...