Jazz Articles about The Big Band Sound

The Big Band Sound: Live and Swingin'!

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2000

We should begin by stating the obvious — The Big Band Sound, which has been performing in and around New York’s Hudson River Valley since 1975, is an amateur endeavor. On Live and Swingin’! the BBS recreates in its fashion many of the familiar songs from the Swing Era, blending a few more recent works (Sammy Nestico’s “Fun Time” and “Ya Gotta Try,” Don Sebesky’s “The Swinger,” Lennie Niehaus / Bill Holman’s “Theme and Variations,” the Sinatra favorite “Fly Me ...