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 ...

jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has long been considered ...

Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham follows the musical journey of this often overlooked ...

folk music: 1) spirituals, 2) the musical dialect of jazz. Why these two contributions ... Entitled “From Spirituals to Swing,” the New Masses concert set out to demonstrate the evolution ...

If you dig jazz, a veritable community of Missouri musicians has a celebration planned ... Jazz Orchestra Wednesday night as the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series marks the arrival of International ...

Jazz musicians and scholars have long debated the question: What exactly is this thing called swing? Now physicists say they've cracked the secret. KELLY: ...Specifically about jazz. (SOUNDBITE OF ...