Stapleton resident Russ Anixter and his Hippie Big Band recently released their first album, “What Is?”, an eclectic collection of big-band arrangements of rock, jazz and blues songs running the gamut ...

Gabel said he played at Mechanics Hall when he was a freshman in high school and returned there in 2010 for the Hall's Brown ...

The singer was slated to top the bill on night two (July 26) of the annual R&B/Soul throwdown on the banks of the Ohio River.

When your drumming career begins at age 19 in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, playing for jazz legends like Lional Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie, it’s more than a great start. To perform with Ella ...

What will you be doing this weekend around the Jersey Shore? Color & Light Festival, 'Beetlejuice Jr.', Nocturnes Big Band ...

Christian McBride, playing Jazz Alley March 27-30 with a fresh quintet called Ursa Major, talks about his creative connection ...

“A lot of people like to consider it the northernmost city in the Caribbean, or maybe America’s most European city,” ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Singing with the Les Brown band, she celebrated the Yankee star ... and “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?” by Count Basie and His Orchestra. She left Les Brown soon after marrying ...

Air Force members who are part of the Falconaires are also experts at wailing tunes by legends Count Basie ... March 5 when the big band ensemble visits the Mitchell High School Performing ...

During an appearance on the Gary Parrish Show Monday, the Auburn head coach defended SEC football while taking a jab at the Big Ten. “Top to bottom, Big Ten football is not as strong as the SEC,” ...

Holman has kept his own big bands afloat as many do--through more thin than ... Influenced most by Gerry Mulligan's arranging and the sound of Count Basie's band, Bill began writing for Kenton just as ...