by kitadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit In Big Band history, the TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA is recognized as one of the best all-around big bands. It could swing with the best of them, and no other band could come close to Tommy’s when it came to playing ballads. Tommy Dorsey, “The Sentimental...
by kitadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit RIVER CITY BRASS has been described as “most sensational” and “brings a different facet of the world of music to audiences. Programs include “Hollywood Meets Bollywood,” “Celtic Connections,” “Way Down Yonder in New...
by kitadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit The Greatest Band of the Greatest Generation… Born born to Elmer and Mattie Lou Miller in Clarinda, Iowa in 1904, Alton Glenn Miller was one of four children. His mother introduced him to music through her simple but sweet playing of the pump organ. Glenn...
by kitadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit A native New Yorker, George always loved music. He grew up with rock’n’roll and R&B but in his teens he also developed a powerful passion for jazz — especially the big band styles of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Cab...
by kitadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit THE CAB CALLOWAY ORCHESTRA directed by Cab’s grandson, “The Prince of Hi De Ho”, Christopher Calloway Brooks, comes from the Big Band Swing Jazz Orchestra style that came bursting out of the Cotton Club, and the Savoy Ballroom, in the...
by kitadmin | Aug 2, 2024 | Big Band
Press Kit NEW FOR 2025! Jukebox Saturday Night Celebration of Henry Mancini. Join JUKEBOX SATURDAY NIGHT for “MUSIC OF MANCINI,” a captivating show that celebrates the extraordinary compositions of Henry Mancini on the occasion of his 100th Birthday. This...
