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The Ben Grisafi Big Band: Say You'll Always Remember
by Jack Bowers
Those who remember the “big–band era” should give thanks to Ben Grisafi and his wonderful Long Island–based ensemble for helping to keep its fading spirit alive; those who don’t should listen to this band to appreciate why so many people mourn the passing of that incomparable epoch and long for its return. Not many contemporary bands are devoted to performing songs from the Golden Age of American music; fewer still approach them with as much warmth and artistry as Grisafi’s. ...
read moreThe Ben Grisafi Big Band: Talk of the Town / But Beautiful / Swing, Sweet & Sentimental
by Jack Bowers
In Juke Box Saturday Night, his book that embodies “memories of the Big Band Era and beyond,” author Richard Grudens includes chapters on bandleaders Artie Shaw, Les Brown, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Red Norvo, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Harry James — and Ben Grisafi. Ben who? That’s Ben G–r–i–s–a–f–i, who, at an age when most men have swapped their neckties and briefcases for pipe and slippers, leads a talented and reasonably successful big band in Long Island, New ...
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