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When students at Marvin Stamm 's school in Tennessee reached seventh grade, they had a choice of either playing in the band or singing in the chorus and taking art.

Carrboro Triangle Jazz Orchestra The ArtsCenter - Resurrecting tunes from the 1930s and '40s, the Triangle Jazz Orchestra delivers swing slickly and smoothly.

Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:34 a.m. If you could line up Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington and demand they identify the best jazz violinist in the world, there's no doubt they'd agree: it's Svend Asmussen.

Rekindle old memories while making new ones with a special one-night-only performance by Dave Bennett performing "A Benny Goodman Holiday Tribute." The show will be held at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Dec.

WITH all the multi-disc jazz boxes that have come out in recent years - the complete Miles Davis on Columbia, the complete Charlie Parker on Savoy, the complete Duke Ellington on RCA and so on - it's hard to believe that any significant tapes by any major musician might still be languishing undiscovered in a record company's archives.

For nearly half a century, the greater Lawndale area was the vibrant, spirited center of Jewish life in Chicago.

Art&Seek presents This Week in Texas Music History. Every week, wea ll spotlight a different moment and the musician who made it.

In its sophomore year, EJJ has quickly garnered attention throughout Europe, and now the States, too, is taking notice.

Once, as they were jamming, Duke Ellington 's drummer Sam Woodyard called out to Danish violinist Svend Asmussen, "Man, you play your ass off," to which The Fiddling Viking replied, with that charmingly naively innocent wit so typical of his homeland, "From now on then my name is only Mussen." There is just one Svend Asmussen and today, at the age ...

Benny Golson Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 6th at 7:00 P.M. Benny Golson Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 30th, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with saxophonist, epic composer and jazz legend, Benny Golson Time: ...

Benny Goodman strolled down New York's Second Avenue one recent morning, covering the nine blocks between his apartment and a health club, where he swims each day, in about ten minutes.

Clint Eastwooda s film adaptation of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is probably best remembered for its soundtrack, consisting entirely of classic songs written by Savannah, Georgiaa s favorite son, Johnny Mercer.

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra will present on Friday, "When Swing was King: A Salute to Benny Goodman and Friends," "King of Swing" Goodman, whose centenary is being celebrated this year, often is credited with launching swing at his historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert, though he never professed to having introduced the style.

Pete Neighbour is proud to announce that his new album, It's Alright With Me is now available.

Here is a general quiz about the big band era; 1. Benny Goodman was the first to be crowned the "King of Swing." Who replaced him? a. Glenn Miller b. Tommy Dorsey c. Artie Shaw 2.Who is credited with giving Goodman the title? a. Gene Krupa b. Teddy Wilson c. Harry James 3. Which band leader was not married to a movie queen? a. Artie Shaw b. Harry ...

The King of Swing continues his legacy through the Greater Alton Concert Association's channeling him for his 100th birthday.

AFTER a highly successful collaboration in 2006, jazz legend Louis Stewart has teamed up once again with young British vibraphone player Jim Hart for a tour of Ireland, including a visit to St John's this Thursday, October 15.

As expected, the celebrity autographs did very well in the first session of the Annual Hollywood Memorabilia auction hosted by Profiles in History.

Who is this man? He has lifted the Big Bands of Benny Goodman and the Tonight Show with his thumping acoustic rhythm guitar.

The Terry Myers Orchestra will present "The Best of Benny," a concert of Benny Goodman's music, at 2 p.m. Oct.