In the early months of 1973, the band that dared to call itself Big Star was anything but. The album of glittering, tightly orchestrated guitar rock they had released the previous year—titled “#1 ...

Big Star should have been famous. The Memphis group wrote power pop that foreshadowed alternative rock. The bands they inspired are some of the most successful in history. Bell left the band a bit ...

1. In 1934, after years of struggle, the American clarinetist Benny Goodman assembled a band that included Gene Krupa on drums, Bunny Berigan on trumpet and Helen Ward on vocals. A six-month gig on ...

Right from the jump, the horns hit with crisp urgency, heralding the arrival of Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band at the Tiny Desk. This is not your grandparents' — or even your great-grandparents' — big ...

Which bands would be in the "Big 4" of 2000s rock? The 2000s was an interesting era for rock music because for the first time in several decades, it didn't have a distinct identity the way it did in ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

I can’t thank the hosts, Joan McKee and Sheere Gleason, enough for the effort and time they spent preparing for the Big Band Dance from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the YWCA. And many thanks go to ...

I can’t thank the hosts, Joan McKee and Sheere Gleason, enough for the effort and time they spent preparing for the Big Band Dance from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the YWCA. And many thanks go to ...

Dan Gabel and His Orchestra featuring Kimberly Hawkey perform new show "The American Big Band Experience" on April 6 in Mechanics Hall. The show coincides with the release of Dan Gabel and his ...

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote. By Richard Sandomir Jim McNeely, a Grammy ...