Jazz frees you up from that. Some people like to do the same swing step they learned from a dance instructor again and again, but it’s more enjoyable to always be moving from one movement to the ...

Jazz started out as a dance music. Its syncopated rhythms made dancing wilder than even ragtime, and when the musicians detoured into improvisation, it shifted the dancing frenzy into a higher ...

People dance to live jazz music in the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland on July 19, 2025. Warsaw on Saturday hosted a series of events, including street jazz dancing, concerts and exhibitions, to celebrate ...

That loose, brassy sound from another era turning up again in small clubs, quiet corners, and nights that stretch longer than ...

Sunday's New York show by drummer Makaya McCraven showed how contemporary jazz is reconnecting with the genre's dance-music roots. ... People could and did dance to the music of Charlie Parker, ...

The Bellevue Jazz Festival May 23 and 24 got off to a slow start, but the Spanish Harlem Orchestra came with enough energy for all the festivalgoers; jazz review by Paul de Barros.

Aarón Serfaty, the director of the Afro-Latin American Jazz Ensemble, urged the crowd to clap and dance to their music — an instruction they were happy to follow. (Melissa Grimaldo / Daily Trojan) ...

In the Lindy Hop, solo jazz and house scenes, as well as the wider circles of street and club dance, this Barnes effect is well-known. But now, at 40, Barnes might be on the cusp of different kind ...

Locals and out-of-towners attended the last day of the 42nd Denton Arts & Jazz Festival on Sunday at Quakertown Park.

Don Your Dancing Shoes If Attending Sunday’s Gotham Jazz Fest. Swing dancers have always flocked to the festival, making the audience almost as important a part of the show as the musicians and ...