But we all return to our core, that is, the music that fueled our desires ... focus on theme and variation. But that’s jazz: one man’s alternate take is another man’s master! The melodies of swing ...

Jazz music can be played by lots of different types ... alternates from a straight feel to a swing feel. Listen out for when it changes from one to the other.

At least it has for the 30 years the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series has existed, programming unique concerts in local venues ...

The improvisational music that results has a syncopated ... Public opposition to jazz fades as new generations embrace swing, big band, bebop, and later styles. However, during the Cold War ...

The first definitive biography of Gene Krupa, the most famous drummer on the planet, whose feverish rhythms defined the Swing Era, changed jazz music forever, spurred rock and roll, and influenced ...

but brings in elements of soul music and rhythm and blues. While jazz often features a swing beat, jazz funk is backed by a groove rhythm that is more like a rock beat. The rhythm tends to be more ...

Wham Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

The veteran saxophonist, along with the other six pieces of his ace crew, will play the first formal show of the "We Always Swing ... the Jazz Series and Columbia arts-and-music-collective ...