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The Big Easy
The popular outfit covers the very best of "good time" jazz, blues and rhythm & blues--from Louis Prima to Van Morrison, Ray Charles to Jamie Cullum. Whilst also composing some pretty smart material of their own. Indeed, they feel comfortable in declaring that they have “something for everyone”.
The in-demand band burn rubber up and down the length and breadth of the UK. Performing at jazz clubs, festivals, parties, functions and events of all shapes and sizes--even a millionaires wedding!
The Big Easy have gone from strength to strength since forming some two years ago and have gained admirers from all corners of the music scene mainly due to their appealing renditions of classic jazz and blues numbers and thoroughly entertaining live shows. Indeed, Big Bear Music were impressed enough to invite them to perform in the Birmingham International Jazz Festival 2006. Whilst also taking in the Coventry Jazz Festival and Town & Country Festival the same year and being featured on CWR radio, Heart fm and Touch fm along the way.
The Big Easy will be stealing time from a busy 2007 work schedule to record a ten track CD of covers and original material. The already in demand CD will go on sale at gigs and will also be available to order from the band’s own web site www.thebigeasyband.com which also features a 3 track ‘live’ demo, photos, gig listing and info etc.
Charitable fella’s as they are - both individually and collectively--they are always keen to offer their services for a good cause. The elderly and disabled along with a local church and hospice have all benefited from their efforts.
Their undoubted skills as vocalists, musicians and arrangers (check out their version of "can’t buy me love" or "mojo" for example) is now taking them into the big league. It is therefore no surprise that The Big Easy are attracting much interest. With such a fast growing reputation they are quite simply becoming a band difficult to ignore. Indeed they are a well sought after unit and already being lined up for a number of top festivals in the spring and summer of 2007.
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Donald Harrison Brings Big Easy To Big Apple @ WBGO Kids Concert
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO’S Award-Winning Kids Jazz Concert Series Continues with Donald Harrison Saturday, April 14, 12:30 pm Cicely Tyson School Performing Arts Center, East Orange NEWARK, NJ: Children and their families are invited to listen, learn and discover jazz at WBGO’s award-winning, free Kids Jazz Concert Series, featuring saxophonist Donald Harrison on Saturday, April 14, at 12:30 pm at Cicely Tyson School Performing Arts Center, 35 Winans Street, East Orange, NJ. The concert series brings jazz culture and dynamic performances to young ...
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The Big Easy on TV: 'Treme' Brings New Orleans Jazz Front and Center
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
By Tad Hendrickson
Talk to most musicians, and they'll generally sound like they are caught amidst a whirlwind of activity. It takes a lot of hustling to make ends meet when you are musician, particularly a musician who plays jazz. So it is altogether appropriate that one of the running threads of the new HBO series 'Treme' is that the character of Antoine Batiste, played by Wendell Pierce, is looking for a gig, or is on the run to get ...
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Leroy Jones Nominated for 21st Big Easy Entertainment Awards
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Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
Leroy Jones has been nominated for "Best Traditional Jazz" in the 21st Big Easy Entertainment Awards. The Big Easy Awards are New Orleans' premier event honoring the musical and theatrical talent of a city world renowned forits outstanding performing arts.
A combination of the Grammys and the Tonys in style, 45+ awards are presented to local talent by national and regional celebrities for accomplishments in both music and theater.
The winners will be honored at the awards gala at the ...
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Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival Celebrates Big Easy
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DeBlaze & Associates
What: Webster-Kirkwood Times Presents the 8th Annual Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival - “A family-friendly music & cultural festival featuring multiple stages of locally and nationally recognized performers in jazz, blues, zydeco, funk, and R&B" Where: Webster Groves Historic District at Gore & Lockwood Avenues (St. Louis) When: Saturday, September 20th, 12:00 noon until 11:00 p.m. Who: Gumbohead with Special Guest: The Funky Butt Brass Band, Erin Bode Group, Soulard Blues Band, Webster ...
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New and Old Meet in Big Easy
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All About Jazz
New, old meet in Big Easy for Essence music fest
Diva moment: Patti LaBelle belted out a tribute to her and her group, Labelle, at the Essence festival. The reunited trio, with Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, hit the stage together Saturday to sing Lady Marmalade. The event: The three-day 2008 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans achieved a balance of old-school homage and cutting-edge innovation at the Superdome. The crowd: While concerts were a big draw, other events, such ...
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Big Easy is Still Tops for Music
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All About Jazz
Imagine four recently retired baby boomers, life-long music lovers, who frequent the Yale and Railway clubs in Vancouver. We set off on a six-week road trip, travelling 14,000 kilometres on a quest to experience music in the deep South, where the roots of all modern music began. Our journey took us to New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta region, Nashville and Memphis. We sought out musicians playing the music that we love -- blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll. First stop, ...
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Mitch Woods' Big Easy Boogie in Seattle October 20-21
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Nancy Edwards Entertainment
MITCH WOODS' BIG EASY BOOGIE COMING TO SEATTLE HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB -SEATTLE, WA FRIDAY and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 & 21, 2006
Mitch Woods will celebrate the release of his new CD/DVD combo Big Easy Boogie at the Highway 99 Blues Club (1414 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA, telephone: (206) 382-2171 url: www.highwayninetynine.com) on Friday, October 20, and Saturday October 21, 2006. The show starts at 8:30 pm, 21+ please, $12 at the door.
Pianist/Vocalist Mitch Woods ...
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Big Easy's Jazz Therapy
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All About Jazz
Before closing out the first weekend of the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Bruce Springsteen took a tour. “I think I saw sights I never thought I'd see in an American city," he says Sunday, April 30, after visiting neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. “This is what happens when people play political games with people's lives." It was a sobering comment, but Springsteen's performance was anything but. The Boss was in a party-throwing mood, cranking out two hours ...
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Ellis Marsalis Brings the Sounds of the Big Easy to the Kimmel Center
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All About Jazz
Jazz Festival Offers Echo Of Big Easy
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All About Jazz
CLEARWATER For two New Orleans jazz masters, emotions will lie close to the surface when they perform at this weekend's MarineMax Clearwater Jazz Holiday. On the Saturday before Hurricane Katrina devastated his hometown, jazz vocalist and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins packed a bag, boarded up his house and bar-hopped through all his favorite Crescent City haunts. At 5 a.m. the next day, he and his family were off to Baton Rouge. When he returned home, he found his home in “pretty ...
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