Music City Swing, a 25 member big band orchestra returns to The Strand Theatre for a concert event to benefit Lewis County Library this Saturday, February 15 at 7pm, with free swing lessons starting ...
For one Saturday in March, you’re invited to step back in time to the era of Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, when swing music was all the rage, radio was king, and the broadcasts were live.
The saxophone (the tenor and alto varieties) only began to play an important role in the big-band swing era, when Johnny Hodges and Coleman Hawkins emerged as one of the best jazz saxophonists of ...