The strings go zing-zinging on Professor Visits Harlem. Quite unlike any other anthology you're likely to have run into of late, we're treated to three decades of jazz string ensembles, starting off ...

Sixty-six years ago, this world we live in was much different. Hundreds of big bands played music that was melodic and swinging. Couples even touched when they danced. While catchy novelty tunes ...

LEESBURG — Bud Pearson has amassed a jazz collection of more than 5,000 albums — not to mention CDs and cassettes — that he wants to share. But the 71-year-old retiree, who has been host for an ...

Becker’s partnership with Donald Fagen, with whom he created Steely Dan, has left a legacy of music which seems destined to be at least as imperishable as the classic jazz and soul artists who ...

Jack Pierce, in glasses, stands outside the 7701 st U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) Band School barracks at Dachau, Germany, in 1951. Courtesy photo Jack Pierce’s JP’s Swing Band brought the “big band” ...