Everyone has to start somewhere, but it certainly helps if you've got a big band in your corner giving you your big break. That's the focus here, showcasing some of name bands that got their start ...

Havana in the 1950s was an exotic suburb of Las Vegas. How the Cuban capital became the playground of American tycoons, celebrities and hustlers is a long and sordid story. Here's the short version: ...

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 ...

While Los Angeles-based composer and arranger Dave Slonaker's paradigms may be shifty, his all-star big band is about as forthright as one could wish. On Shifty Paradigms, his third recording fronting ...

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...

As anyone who’s recently attended a show by Foreigner or Lynyrd Skynyrd knows, it’s become as common as a guitar solo to see a classic rock & roll outfit without any original members in the lineup.

Sometimes the best songs written for an album inexplicably don’t make the final cut — take our list of the best non-album song from six big hair metal bands as proof. There are often a lot of people ...

Christian McBride stands as one of jazz’s most influential voices, seamlessly bridging generations through his artistry and mentorship. The nine-time Grammy-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader ...