TONY ENGELHART: THAT SWING >>>

So the saying goes: “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,” and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is all about “that swing.” Since the band gained notoriety in the 1996 cult film Swingers, the 8-piece has been hard bopping in zoot suits and Fedoras for Gen X-ers who dig on big band swing. These cocktail-cool cats don’t only play high-energy jazz, they live it, and the proof is in the pudding. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy music has appeared in more than 60 films and TV trailers, and â€" through the ups and downs of the swing revival and its re-death â€" the band has persisted. Tonight the band will be at the Pantages in Tacoma. Consider it good news, because Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is money, baby. Money.

[Pantages Theater, 7:30 p.m., $29-$59, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.591.5890]