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Ray McKinley, an orchestra leader, jazz drummer and singer who merged the boogie-woogie beat with the Big Band sound in such hit recordings as “Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar,” has died. He was 84.

Sometimes I find myself lapsing into the vernacular of my youth. When it’s time to depart whatever premises in which I find myself at that moment, I have often been ...

You’ve probably heard of boogie woogie. Its distinctive bass riffs pop up in Lead Belly’s guitar playing, Elvis Presley’s version of Otis Blackwell’s “All ...