Big Band Swing
November 18, 2023 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm £6.00 – £18.00
Big Band Swing is a 15+ big band, playing music from the golden era of the big band sound through to present day arrangers.
Big Band Swing consists of a 4-piece rhythm section, 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and fronted by a female vocalist. At the front of the band, when not playing, is MD Lee Buckingham.
The Band plays Basie, Ellington, Miller, Riddle, Nestico and the Hefti catalogue with modern composers also thrown in to the set lists, such as Goodwin, Holmes, Collins and Martin. Vocals include arrangements of Fitzgerald, Cole, Clooney, Lee, Sinatra and many more.