The Smoot House Band will present a Big Band Jazz program on Sunday at the Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg. (Photo courtesy of Bo Wriston) PARKERSBURG — The Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg ...
Audience members were treated to a spectacle of smooth jazz tunes, cultural mariachi music and funky band melodies by the LBCC music department at the Jazz and Mariachi concert on Friday. The ...
Travel back in time to a 1920s speakeasy in the frenetic days of jazz, hot jazz, upon stepping into THE BIRDLAND BIG BAND AT BIRDLAND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. The packed house pulsated in the low-lit ...
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 ...
The first thought that springs to mind when listening to the derriere-kicking New Vintage Big Band is, “Where have these guys been hiding?" The answer is the greater Kansas City area, where the ...