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The Fabulous Studio Band: Still Swingin' After All These Years/Plays Capitol Jazz
by Jack Bowers
The Fabulous Studio Band, formed in 1953 and based in California’s San Joaquin Valley, is devoted to keeping alive music from the swing and big band eras. These albums, recorded four years apart ( Still Swingin’ in 1996, Capitol Jazz in 2000), accentuate charts from the Glenn Miller and Count Basie libraries with a handful representing Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Les Brown and others.
The members of the band, which is directed by trumpeter Jim Kusserow, ...
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