“It was exciting because I grew up with that music,” he tells Guitarist. “And I was in pretty tough shape after playing four sets a night for months on end for years in clubs. My playing was in good ...
As swing gave way to bebop in the mid-40s, one of the ... his recruitment into the big swing-era bands of Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway. In the 50s, Jones – perceived by ...
The Jazz Big Bands of UC Davis, directed by faculty member Otto Lee, will perform a special early concert at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Ann E. Pitzer Center. The big bands perform songs by Duke ...
The Coronado Big Band is a multi-faceted 18-piece swing band that plays traditional swing standards as well as contemporary big band hits. The CBB was formed in 1997, and originally intended to ...
In the '50s and '60s, Ervin “Big Daddy” Rucker was ... Blues in the seventies, with the band remaining extant in one form or another over the next 40-plus years. Marvin Gaye mentioned Rucker ...
It was a big day for thousands of music lovers keen to get their hands on tickets to next year's Glastonbury Festival which went on general sale today (November 17). Ahead of the sale, organisers ...