Mingus Big Band has to play something akin to Russian roulette to avoid becoming just another repertory band; Mingus’ music demands an element of desperation and reckless abandon to be done justice.

The lineup of live music acts in Brigantine slated for this month and into the summer spans genres from doo-wop to big band, ...

The Ed Palermo Big Band Delivers an Entrancing Tribute to Legendary Texas Blues/Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist Edgar Winter with I’ve Got News For You: The Music of Edgar Winter. An Instrumental and Vocal ...

Swingadelic, a self-labeled “little big band based in New Jersey,” varies from small combo to 14 pieces. This album, its third, makes a great promotional sampler, from the Basie-sounding “Hay Burner” ...

Three recent albums are muscling the big band jazz tradition into the new decade, each in its own way. On Bluesville, New York City's Swingadelic focuses on the bluesy side of big band music. The Jim ...

Back in 1993, Big Head Todd and the Monsters had its first big paid gig. The band brought its super-charged blues rock to the Denver Zoo, where the members found lifelong friends in Blues Traveler – ...