If jazz is the original, quintessential, American art form then the Big Band is one of its most exciting manifestations. It swings and it rocks, it whispers, and it can knock you back in your chair. One thing it won’t let you do is sit still while listening! The Westwind Big Band members have been playing jazz as long as they’ve been playing their horns. The 18-piece ensemble follows classic instrumentation and plays standards of the ‘Big Band’ era, and some of the great, new, big-band music from this century as well.
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