Broncho Legacy and the Odessa High School Jazz Band will join forces for a trip down memory lane for the K-OHS Radio Hour. The show will feature tunes from the 1940s, professional swing dancers and ...

“Clyde,” says Bandleader Turk Murphy, “is the Lawrence Welk of Dixieland jazz. His music breathes happiness and chloroform.” He was talking about Bandleader Clyde McCoy, who for years has been ...

Renowned jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington dated a trombone player named Gus Chappell, and that explains some of her song “Big Long Sliding Thing.” She said her tune “Long John Blues” was about ...

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During her heyday in the 1930s and '40s, jazz pianist Hazel Scott was one of the most glamorous women in show business. Besides starring in several movies, releasing hit albums and running with a ...

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