Big Band music is alive and well as evidenced on Beautiful love , the debut CD of pianist/composer/arranger Jerry Ascione. Building from the tradition of the big band era defined by Count Basie, Stan ...

Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni Russonello “Big band music” isn’t everybody’s first thought when they’re pondering what to punch into Spotify, we’ll grant you that. But if all big ...

What matters is the music, and the Mobile Big Band Society has made the case that it still has a place in modern life. Its musicians connect some listeners back to an era when the genre ...