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The George Gee Big Band: Settin' the Pace
by Jack Bowers
George Gee, big band jazz's answer to the Energizer Bunny, just keeps going and going and going...
The diminutive New York-based dynamo leads at least two and perhaps as many as four bands. For the neo-swing crowd there's the Jump Jive and Wailers; for dancers there's the Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra; for those who lean toward the legendary Big Band Era there's the George Gee Swing Orchestra (which, when last heard from, was Swingin' in Swing City Zurich ), and ...
Continue ReadingGeorge Gee Big Band debuts at The Garage Restaurant in NYC on May 31st
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All About Jazz
GEORGE GEE SWINGS AT THE GARAGE! The George Gee 17pc. Big Band will be debuting at The Garage Restaurant in New York City on Tuesday, May 31st from 8pm to 11pm, with a special program of big band swing jazz (for listening and dancing!). The Garage Restaurant is located in The West Village at 99 Seventh Avenue South (at Grove Street) – home of great food and jumpin’ jazz. The George Gee Big Band - a well-known musical entity in ...
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George Gee Big Band in Concert - 4/26/05
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All About Jazz
We hope you will join The George Gee Big Band for a night of swingin’ big band jazz from their CD “Settin’ The Pace" (featuring the music of Frank Foster) on Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 in the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York City Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway). There will be two shows: 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. The George Gee Big Band - a well-known musical entity in the international and domestic ...
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George Gee Big Band Salutes Frank Foster, NYC
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All About Jazz
DATE: Tuesday - April 20th, 2004 Shows: 9pm and 11pm WHERE Birdland Jazz Club, 315 West 44th Street, NYC (212) 581-3080 www.birdlandjazz.com $20 cover/ $10 minimum at tables $10 cover/ $10 minimum at bar WHAT The George Gee Orchestra Salutes Frank Foster THE BAND: Saxes: Ed Pazant, Marshal McDonald, Michael Hashim, Lance Bryant, Howard Johnson Trombones: Charles Stephens, Eddie Bert, Robert Trowers, Jack Jeffers Trumpets: Walt Szymanski, Steve Wiseman, Mark McGowan, Shawn ...
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