Imagine sashaying into a night club, looking to get down to some thumping electro, only to hear swing music from the 1930s. That's just what you'd hear if you happen into a club where the band Caravan ...

For Allen Russell, his parents' first date would set the foundation for his musical appreciation. On that first date — a concert with master jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli and mandolin player David ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (June 26, 2014) -- An earlier tornado threat did not stop the U.S. Army Field Band's Jazz Ambassadors from giving an impressive performance of jazz standards, original ...

In 1931, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills even dedicated a song to the phenomenon of swing which they called "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing". Yet, to this day, the question of what ...