Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...
NEW YORK — Birdcalls, English horn, vibraphone and iPhone provided some of the strange and mesmerizing sounds that the intrepid John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble brought to the Jazz Standard on Tuesday ...
Bob Florence Limited Edition / Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band / Dana Legg Stage Band / John Burnett Swing Orchestra article by Jack Bowers, published on August 3, 2009 at All About Jazz. Find more ...