Karen Frisa

Albany Jazz Big Band: Moonlight Rhapsodies

by Jack Bowers
December 6, 2025

Even though “road bands" are by and large a relic of the distant past, big bands continue to persevere and perform in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago, Dallas to Atlanta, and even in Albany, California, a pocket-sized city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay whose population is only slightly more than 20,000. The Albany Jazz Big Band, now almost 30 years old, entered a studio in June 2024 to record its first ...