The free festival, which almost went on hiatus last year due to debt, gave crowds a reason to dance in a new setting.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue's jazz bands will play for local dancers Friday (Feb. 6) at the Jazz Swing Dance in the Recreational Sports Center's South Gym. The event will feature music from the ...

Ninety years ago this month, Duke Ellington and his jazz orchestra made one of their most emblematic and memorable recordings, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” The title became a ...

It was built and designed in the jazz age, weathered through World War II and the swing era, and now the Ward Plaza Crystal Ballroom will host its last Jazz Swing Dance. The Northern State University ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

There’s something irresistible about those infectious bebop rhythms from the big band swing era. They have a way of going through your ears and straight to your feet and even if you aren’t inclined to ...

Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...

In 1931, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills even dedicated a song to the phenomenon of swing which they called "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing". Yet, to this day, the question of what ...

There's swing dancing, and then there's Lindy Hop. Don't know what Lindy Hop is? There may be no better way to find out than this weekend at the eighth annual Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, a festival ...

If you've ever watched one of those old films or music videos with a packed ballroom and thought – God, I wish I could actually be there – well, now you can. Clear the evening of April 5, because ...