Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Fleur Seule plays Swing Era hits and Jazz standards that will transport you ...

When the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, so was swing dance. A century later, “Swing!” celebrates the music and the moves of this era of jazz. The musical, featuring well-known songs by artists ...

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 ...

In a few weeks, C. Calloway Brooks, eldest grandson of the great Cab Calloway, will join the Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB) as part of a “Klezmer Meets Swing” concert at the Regent Theater in ...

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 ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...

To the delight of Hepcats, Lindy Hoppers and lovers of Swing Jazz, the brassy, all-singing, all-dancing, all-American 1940s musical revue, In The Mood is coming to Houston in celebration of its 20th ...

“Holiday Swing!,” the Charleston Jazz Orchestra’s (CJO) annual Christmas program, is an accessible, fun way to enjoy jazz Dec. 6 at the Charleston Music Hall. For each of the last 18 years, the CJO’s ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania hosted a 1940s swing dance on Saturday.The event featured live music from Lititz’s own Moonlighters Big Band in The Rolling Stock Hall.Attendees were also allowed ...