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Pete Ellman Big Band

Pete Ellman

The Pete Ellman Big Band (PEBB) was formed in 2009 after Pete retired from the Illinois Air National Guard after 20 years of service. Since then, the band has played regularly in the Chicagoland Western suburbs at locations such as Mullen’s in Lisle and Fitzgerald’s in Oak Park. They regularly invite student jazz ensembles to join them and will provide guest clinicians. This is a way to get these budding musicians into a real world environment playing the music they love in addition to an auditorium in front of parents or classmates.

Additionally, the PEBB has hosted numerous fundraisers at their events to help raise money (and food / toys) for local non-profits such as Loaves & Fishes, Toys for Tots, Kids Matter, Kidz Cabaret, Youth Symphony of DuPage, Naperville Educational Foundation, Gil Ellman Memorial Fund, and more! To Pete, it is all about giving back to the community to help kids, in general, and also to give kids an opportunity to participate in the arts.

The Twelve Grooves of Christmas

By Pete Ellman

Label: One Too Tree
Released: 2021
Track listing: Mister Santa, Jingle Bells, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, O Little Town, Mack the Halls, Gesu Bambino, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, Silver Bells, O’Schwingenbaum, What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, The Twelve Grooves of Christmas.

The Pete Ellman Big Band: The Twelve Grooves of Christmas

by Nicholas F. Mondello
December 17, 2021

As we enter the Holidays, the airwaves and digital streams flow with seasonal fare of all types of genres. And, once we ring in the New Year, said music heads back into hibernation until the next Thanksgiving and December roll around. The Pete Ellman Big Band's The Twelve Grooves of Christmas is such a fine recording ...