Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed at the Vilar Performing Arts Center when it first opened in 1998, so it’s fitting that the band, which celebrates its 60th anniversary, is also playing during ...

The Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band is one of the oldest jazz bands in Europe. Since it was formed in the late 1950's, it has deserved a reputation of a group of very talented and hard-working musicians ...

Renowned jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington dated a trombone player named Gus Chappell, and that explains some of her song “Big Long Sliding Thing.” She said her tune “Long John Blues” was about ...

Broncho Legacy and the Odessa High School Jazz Band will join forces for a trip down memory lane for the K-OHS Radio Hour. The show will feature tunes from the 1940s, professional swing dancers and ...

“Clyde,” says Bandleader Turk Murphy, “is the Lawrence Welk of Dixieland jazz. His music breathes happiness and chloroform.” He was talking about Bandleader Clyde McCoy, who for years has been ...

For the first time ever, the Clarendon Hills Middle School Jazz Band and Hinsdale Middle School Jazz Ensemble will perform together, opening at 6:30 p.m. May 28 for the Pete Ellman Big Band at The ...