String Swing is a Copenhagen based jazz group with a music style based on solid gypsy swing and a vast load of original material. String Swing’s main attraction is singer Alice Carreri, who joined the ...

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 ...

Follow the musical journey of this often overlooked, but totally musical genius. Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing ...

"Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937)" – Part 5. As big band jazz becomes the most popular music in America, some fans start a movement to embrace "traditional" jazz. In the west, a blues-soaked style is ...

Swing is a propulsive, groovy feeling that makes you want to move with the music. It’s hard to put into words, but if you listen to jazz, you’ve probably felt it yourself. Now, researchers have ...

Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that ...

Chicago's new home for straight-ahead, classic, Live Jazz, 5 nights a week – with an emphasis on singers. While straight-ahead jazz is our primary focus, we also love and happily present trad-jazz, ...

Joseph Polidoro: What can a 35-millisecond moment in swing jazz tell us about our sense of hearing, our capacity for music, and even human consciousness? Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery ...