CINCINNATI (WKRC) - March is Women's History Month, and this week there is a celebration of female voices happening in the Tri-State. Northern Kentucky University is hosting a unique event called ...

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm were America’s first integrated, all-female band, but for the most part, their music has been lost. In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Smithsonian is ...

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't in the history books" -- [pt]. 1. Playing the changes of World War II -- 1. Working the swing shift : effects of World War II on all-girl bands -- 2. "Hours of charm ...

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 ...

If you’re going to swing, do so with the group that built its reputation as one of the premiere big bands of the 20th Century ...

The mirrored ball is softly spinning above the polished floor, and women are changing from flats into gold-lame’ heels. Other couples arrive in jeans and tennis shoes and stay that way, while two ...

An Oregon band is preserving the swing jazz tunes that brought a semblance of normality to the thousands of families trapped behind barbed wire at the Minidoka prison camp in Idaho during World War II ...

Big band leader, trombonist, arranger, music educator and scholar Dan Gabel has been having a busy summer including performing down South as a guest artist and local gigs back home in the Worcester ...