BBC Big Band
As well as weekly appearances on BBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special the BBC Big Band regularly appears in concert throughout the UK and beyond. Recent projects include appearances at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Jazz Festival, the BBC Proms and regular concerts at the Town Hall, Birmingham as an Associate Ensemble. It has been voted the best Big Band in the British Jazz Awards in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2007.
The BBC Big Band has performed with the ‘best of British’ including Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Michael Ball, Jack Bruce, Ian Shaw and Madeline Bell. It has also entertained thousands with international stars such as Tony Bennett, George Shearing, Michel Legrand, Michael Buble, James Morrison, Lalo Schifrin, Ray Charles, Patti Austin, Amy Winehouse and Dr. John.
"Thank you guys, you're wonderful" - Michel Legrand
"By far the best band to come out of England" - George Shearing
"They brilliantly continue the tradition of Big Band music. As such they are important as well as marvellous" - Michael Parkinson
"...for me, this is the band" - Mel Torme
"Not only are they terrific musicians, they also have a marvellous sense of humour" - Ken Bruce
"I told my wife that for my next birthday I want this band as a gift" - Lalo Schifrin
BBC Big Band discography
- Radio Days
- Swing It! with Wayne Marshall
- Gleneagles 75 Years
- Live in Berlin with the RIAS Big Band, Berlin
- The BBC Big Band plays Glenn Miller
- The BBC Big Band - In the Mood
- Showstoppers
- Special Edition
- City Life
- The Age of Swing
- Evidence
- A Tribute to Benny Goodman featuring Ken Peplowski
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