It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

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 ...

The beating heart of Athens would not have the same beat without the genesis of jazz music. Ballroom and swing dancing of the 1930s and 40s seldom appears in the stomp of bar life here in Athens.

Jazz must swing -- jazz musicians agree on that. However, even 100 years after the beginnings of jazz, it is still unclear what exactly constitutes the swing feel. With a sophisticated experiment and ...

These two albums were recorded nearly ten years apart, the first for Blue Note and the second for Verve. The First, The Sermon, contains only three tracks, presented here with no editing and no ...

https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2002.19.3.333 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/mp.2002.19.3.333 Copy URL The timing in jazz ensemble performances was investigated ...

The Ditties channel the most exciting qualities of classic close-harmony acts, while incorporating song and storytelling elements that reflect not only their personal struggles and aspirations, but ...

The Sweet & Hot Quartet will perform at MSU’s Charles H. Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival March 25th and 26th. (Submitted photo) STARKVILLE, Miss.—“If you don’t feel it, you’ll never know it,” ...

If you dig jazz, a veritable community of Missouri musicians has a celebration planned with you in mind. Saxophonist Bobby Watson, a Kansas City musical institution unto himself, will lead the ...

Just days before the Missouri Tigers enjoy their football home opener against Central Arkansas, another season starts in Columbia. The "We Always Swing" Jazz Series, as venerable an institution as ...