2002-10-22 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Abe Most, a swing clarinetist known for working with the Les Brown and Tommy Dorsey bands in the 1940s and 50s, has died. He was 82. Mr. Most, who later went to ...

Martha Tilton, 91, a glamorous blond singer of the big-band era called "Liltin' Miss Tilton" for her easy-mannered vocals and the last surviving star of Benny Goodman's landmark 1938 swing concert at ...

NEW HAVEN -- The Yale University Bands, specifically, the Yale Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble, take audiences back to 1943-'44, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Woolsey Hall with "Cole Porter and Glenn Miller ...

“Swing!,” which opens tonight at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, is a dance show. But not the way “A Chorus Line” or “West Side Story” or “Chicago” are dance shows. While those musicals may feature some ...

Servant Stage Company is heading back to the 1940s, when swing dancing and big bands were all the rage. Back when songs like “In the Mood” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” bopped out of the radio. “Sing, ...

For a small community in Utah, 1920s–40s swing dancing is still alive and kicking. Alyssa Nelson dances with another BYU club member at a Vintage Swing Dance Club dance (Denis Nicholson). “If you ...

It’s a meta-form of nostalgia: looking back at something that was itself looking back at something. Like pining for Happy Days, which was pining for an idealized version of the ’50s. This week is ...

Morning Pointe of Collegedale at Greenbriar Cove traveled back in time to celebrate the 40s during the “Swing Back to the 40s” event at the assisted living community. From the Tennessee Waltz to West ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ‹ Opportunities to dance on the Elliott Hall of Music stage usually are reserved for professional companies staging lavish shows, but on Friday (1/31) Purdue Bands' annual ...