Each band had its own arranger, who wrote the music. Although there were still some improvised solos in swing music, playing the parts that were written by the arranger was very important.

He was also influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by Hispanic musicians in New Mexico. And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot ...

At Fortune’s Global Forum conference on Monday in New York City, Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter legend and director of Jazz at ...

The vibrancy of swing dance is transformed into visual art during "Mood Swing", which will kick off on Saturday and run until ...

he said indignantly. The Duke holds that a fine swing tune can be interpreted in exactly the same way as classical music is delved into. He said, though, that it was too much a commercial thing.

Swingtime spotlights the women vocalists of the Big Band Era when the group meets Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. in the Fountain ...