Though the golden age of big band music is associated with the 30s, it originated a decade earlier in the Jazz Age, when jazz bandleaders began to lead groups that emerged out of small jazz combos ...

"Big names like Frank Sinatra took ... 1861 and we wanted to do something that reflected the history of the band. "In that era, recorded music didn't exist and working class people weren't exposed ...

Then one of the most famous groups in music history started playing their music ... He adds: "We knew we didn't have a chance to be a big band. "No big record labels were interested and we ...

Stabnau also serves as emcee, sharing background info on the music and history. But the GMO is committed ... the boomers who inherited a love of big-band music might be in the house — and ...

The Gordon Dooley Dance Orchestra Music includes the complete scores and parts for the arrangements used by The Gordon Dooley Orchestra. The parts, stored by arrangement in book order, include 182 ...

He has built an unparalleled repertoire for the band, transcribing the best of big band music from early Ellington, through the Swing era, to the likes of Gerry Mulligan and Buddy Rich.

With decades of history and a shared love of big band music, the groups will perform holiday classics in a friendly rivalry, all to support the Salvation Army Sunset Lodge and the Mustard Seed.

For the past eight years, the Blue Water Big Band has been performing monthly at the AAD Shrine Event and Meeting Center in Hermantown. The Blue Water Big Band plays a swinging version of "The ...

Though that instrumental album never got off the ground, what happened next cemented Bob Dylan and The Band’s place in music history ... the house they dubbed “Big Pink” (after the color ...