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The 1940s theme production can be hired for your private function, and other Big Band themes are available too.

For instance we can provide entertainment in tribute to Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack “Summit” with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., or using our talented vocalists, provide a fantastic night of song with tunes from Helen Forrest, Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney through to Michael Bublé, Tony Bennett and Robbie Williams.

We are always striving to push our own musical boundaries, and so we aim to put on at least one concert night per year for those of you who also appreciate the inspiring sound a Big Band can achieve.

In the best traditions of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Ted Heath and Syd Lawrence, we bring you some big band jazz perhaps less suited to dancing and is more challenging to play. We typically aim to increase our repertoire for these events, learning new arrangements and dusting off some of the favourites we don’t get to play very often.

These nights often include specially invited guests such as Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Nathan Bray and Ben Lee. We aim to recreate some of the atmosphere of the famous New York nightclubs where Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Dean Martin learned their craft and the sounds of the Las Vegas concerts of Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee and of course Frank Sinatra delighted their audiences.

We also incorporate more modern sounds, typically including arrangements from the likes of Pat Metheny, Gordon Goodwin and Tom Kubis and also firecracker numbers from the likes of Billy May, Maynard Ferguson and the Buddy Rich band.

Sometimes a dance night just isn’t enough! For instance, in the 1940s, the golden age of the big bands, swing was everywhere and to have a good time you would probably be out jiving, quickstepping, foxtrotting and waltzing to the sounds of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Ambrose, the Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, and the Squadronaires.

Occasionally we dedicate one of our dance nights as a themed 1940s event. We invite the audience to come down to dance in period costume (military or civilian) to those wartime sounds, and sing along to tunes made famous by Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters. If you would like to book a theme night for your function, please ask Tony for more details.