Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

What would happen if fusion, already a hybrid of musical genres, was compounded with the sound of big-band? Further, that both genres were stretched well outside the box? An ensemble of bright musical ...

One hundred years ago this week King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band visited the Gennett Records studio in Richmond for a two-day recording session, making history not only because of the participation of ...

"Polytonal," according to Webster's, denotes "the simultaneous use of two or more musical keys." Denver-based trumpeter and educator Brad Goode makes full use of that technique on The Snake Charmer, ...