Forthcoming big band dates
April 5, 2011 at 11:24 am Leave a comment

The Syd Lawrence orchestra
17th April – 7:30PM
Theatre Royal Windsor
http://www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk/event.php?id=351
21st April
Theaterhaus (am Pragsattel)
Siemenstr. 11
70469
Stuttgart,
Germany
Multi-award winning Syd Lawrence Orchestra & the SWR Big Band.
Two televised concerts featuring these two great bands celebrating the 60th anniversary of the SWR band.
Mon 25 Porthcawl Grand Pavilion (Festival) 01656 815995 TBC www.grandpavilion.co.uk
MAY
Sun 01 7.30 Weston-Super-Mare The Playhouse 01934 645544 www.theplayhouse.co.uk
Tues 10 7.30 Eastbourne Sussex Congress Theatre 01323 412000
BBC Big Band
PATTI AUSTIN and the BBC BIG BAND
Birmingham Town Hall
Friday 13 May 7:30pm at Town Hall
Legendary jazz and soul singer Patti Austin joins the BBC Big Band for an exclusive UK concert appearance. Together they perform the music from her Grammy winning album ‘Avant Gershwin’, including ‘I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise’, ‘Love Walked In’, ‘Funny Face’, ‘Swanee’ and ‘Lady be Good’.
Tickets available: Call the box office on 0121 780 3333 or visit the Birmingham Town Hall website.

Great Swing Battles: The BBC Big Band meet the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra
Friday 17 Jun 7:30pm at Town Hall
The BBC Big Band joins forces with the acclaimed Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra. Together they will recreate all the excitement of the great musical battles of the swing era.
Join them as they feature classic scores from the great bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Woody Herman.
Tickets available: Call the box office on 0121 780 3333 or visit the Birmingham Town Hall website
Entry filed under: Jazzmouse Productions, Music Events. Tags: BBC Big Band, Big Band, Chris Dean, SWR, Syd Lawrence Orchestra.

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