A Swingin’ Affair Big Band in Concert” at the Scituate Center for Performing Arts, Bandleader Steve Bass delivers 16 of Boston’s top professional instrumental artists and vocalist Donnie ...

A six-month gig on the NBC radio program “Let’s Dance” gave ... legacy of unforgettable music. 5. The success of Louis Armstrong and his band during the swing era infuriated snobs.

The pianist's primary gig — Kansas City band Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy — was taking off, booked for packed dances around the country alongside artists ... of the swing era's most beloved ...

Long after the World War II era, swing-era big band music remained a staple of Mobile’s Mardi Gras balls. Among its leading practitioners was Bill Lagman, a trumpeter and bandleader whose ...

When and where: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Cushing Highway About: Boston’s premiere ... songs from popular Big Band-era singers ...