More than 60 people attended the annual Bob Olsen Band concert on Sunday, April 7, enjoying classic Big Band musical numbers from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s as well as traditional polka tunes played ...

Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier Salem Summer Concert Series Committee members from left, Shane Franks, Melissa Costa, Joy Cable, Rita O’Leary, Brittany Maniscalco, Connie Cranmer, John Panezott and Ed ...

The Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of composer/bassist Charles Mingus, who died in 1979. Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, this 14-piece band performed Thursday MBBnights from 1991 to ...

Rehearsals went on Sept. 10, 2013, in preparation for the final performance of the Sound of Roses, a band that evolved over nearly four decades from a group of Bell Telephone employees who wanted to ...

This is a great weekend for RVA big band music. On Friday night, local legend Doug Richards leads Laura Ann Singh and his ensemble in a Virginia Commonwealth University performance including his ...

Some jazz drummers, as remarkable as they may be and as successful as their careers are, just aren't suited to drive a big band. It's not for every percussionist. But every big band needs a good one ...

Buffalo has always been home to big bands. Of course there was a time when they were all the rage, but as with most things, the decline of Buffalo saw the decline of the big bands. While they never ...

The well-organized Big Band Masterclass concerts normally run like clockwork, but the eclectic ensemble was 2 minutes late ringing in 2022. “About the only thing that went wrong last year was that we ...

Who would be the "Big 4" bands of the post-grunge subgenre? First, we should define what post-grunge is. Some sources take the label literally and consider any rock bands that came "after" grunge to ...

Enjoy the vintage swing sound of the Blue Velvet Big Band in this Expressions episode Expressions welcomes the Blue Velvet Big Band to the stage in an episode that will surely get you on the dance ...