It was a great time in the country’s history. World War II was over. The music was jazzy, brassy, upbeat and swing. And it was as if the whole nation was tuned in to the same sound. The bands were big ...

They weren’t doing “The Locomotion,” but there were many dancers among the trains at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg Saturday. Swing dancers moved to the music of the Moonlighters big ...

A brassy tribute to the 1940s swing era, “In The Mood,” is a big-band music revue that has been touring all over the world — and now, in its 21st year the show makes its first stopover in New Orleans ...

Rhapsody of Swing celebrates the rhythms and history of jazz. It’s set in a magic realist version of 1940s New Orleans where music is power. Historical figures like the iconic poet Langston Hughes ...

A desire to celebrate the swing music of the 1930s and 1940s and introduce the genre to younger generations spurred Mike Denson, a lifelong saxophonist, to pen songs.