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Annie and the Fur Trappers headline the Bay State Hot Jazz Festival in Medford this weekend. Their front woman spoke to GBH Music about the magic of ‘20s jazz, and what to expect at the free festival.

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Any mention of the lindy hop is likely to elicit one of two reactions. The lindy hop is one of a number of “vernacular dances” — those which developed out of everyday life in particular communities ...

The jazz band is swinging hard as two Black dancers Charleston in the middle of a jam. The crowd roars as one kicks wildly in every direction and then drops into a jazz split. This isn’t 1922—it’s May ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by To watch LaTasha Barnes dance is to watch historical distance collapse. By Brian Seibert If you want to understand the connections between jazz dance ...

Norma Miller, who danced the Lindy Hop on Harlem sidewalks as a child, and as a teenager dazzled crowds on international tours in the 1930s and early ′40s doing the same kicks, spins and drops that ...

Columbus, Ohio-based Lindy Hopper Tyedric Hill takes you on a journey through the dance’s history and how he discovered this energetic, joyful Black tradition. Then Hill and his partner Shannon Varner ...