Britain’s top jive and swing band, The Jives Aces, perform for Thomasville Entertainment Foundation on March 22 The United Kingdom’s top jive and swing band is headed for Thomasville, set to bring ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Swing exploded out of Harlem and shattered cultural and ethnic barriers and ...

Swing music always seems to endure. While its retro vibe has the ability to transport listeners to the World War II era, it somehow manages to avoid sounding dated. There’s something about swing that ...

The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology. One feature of the jazz world over the years is the ...

Bill Milkowski remembers clearly the moment he fell in love with jive: ""My ears burned, my foot patted involuntarily, I practically fell to the floor with my teeth chattering."" In Swing It!: An ...