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Swing, in music, both the rhythmic impetus of jazz music and a specific jazz idiom prominent between about 1935 and the mid-1940s, years sometimes called the swing era. Swing music has a compelling momentum that results from musicians’ attacks and accenting in relation to fixed beats.

For nearly half a century, the Count Basie Orchestra was on top of the heap. These five albums are among the best displays of that excellence.

"Billie Holidays voice was the voice of living intensity of soul in the true sense of that greatly abused word. As a human being she was sweet, s...

1959 is one of the greatest years ever for jazz albums but for “Invisible Man’ novelist Ralph Ellison the Golden Age at Minton’s in Harlem was already long gone.

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Name John Flansburgh Current city New York City Really want to be in New York City Excited about Tierra Whack, Wet Leg, Sax Kari, Soccer Mommy, Holly

Yusef Lateef came out of the jazz continuum to pursue a career driven by his curiosity and desire to move beyond the implications and…

"'Round Midnight" is one of the most widely recorded compositions. In this Deep Dive, Dr. Lewis Porter demonstrates how it embodies the collaborative relationship between Dizzy Gillespie and its credited composer, Thelonious Monk.

Program #325 (May 2 at 8:00pm) Few female singers matched the hard-swinging and equally hard-living Anita ODay for sheer exuberance and talent in all areas of jazz vocals. Though three or four outshone her in pure quality of voice, her splendid improvising, wide dynamic tone, and innate sense of rhythm made her the most enjoyable singer of the age. ODays first appearances in a big band shattered the traditional image of a demure female vocalist by swinging just as hard as the other musicians on...

Sunday Night Jazz Showcase Program #325 (May 2 at 8:00pm) Few female singers matched the hard-swinging and equally hard-living Anita O'Day for sheer