Saturday, June 1st, 2024 and Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 - "Ella, Nat, and Frank, Big Band Style"
The Freedom Park Bandshell in the Town of
LaGrange will be the venue for a "Ella, Nat, and Frank,
Big Band Style" show presented by The
Big Band Sound 25-piece jazz orchestra to benefit the Sparrow's Nest local charity. Performances will be Saturday, June
1st at 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 2nd at 6 p.m. and the suggested donation is
$20 per person. Click here for donation "tickets" and more information.
"Ella, Nat, and Frank, Big Band Style" will feature The Big Band Sound 25-piece jazz orchestra,
including six vocalists and swing dance performers, in a show spotlighting the
music of Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. Ella, Nat, and
Frank collectively recorded more than five thousand different songs during
their careers, which spanned the Golden Age of Popular Music. They started off
singing with big bands and jazz combos during the swing era and then went on to
spectacular solo careers where they were often backed by the big bands of Duke
Ellington, Count Basie, and others. "Ella, Nat, and Frank, Big Band
Style"will highlight the best of those songs: the songs at the
core of the Great American Songbook that they brought into our lives, all in
the most exciting setting of a live big band.
Songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald that will be performed
include "Goody Goody" from her early big band years and
arrangements of "I'm In the Mood for Love" and "From
This Moment On" from her later solo tours. Tunes that Nat King Cole
introduced will include "Route 66" and "Straighten Up
and Fly Right" from his jazz combo days and "Unforgettable"
and "L-O-V-E" from after he became a TV star. Standards
popularized by Frank Sinatra will include "Saturday Night is the
Loneliest Night of the Week" from his early big band career and
arrangements of "The Best is Yet To Come" and "I've
Got the World on a String" from his later years. Other classics that
will be performed include "Don't Get Around Much Anymore",
"Yesterday", "Come Rain or Come Shine",
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home", and many more. The finale of the
show will be Sinatra's "Theme from 'New York, New York'".
Although tickets won't be required for entry, the
suggested donation is $20 per person, which can be made in advance by clicking here or at a performance. Proceeds from this show will
benefit the Sparrow's Nest local
charity. Sparrow's Nest of the Hudson
Valley provides meals to the families of caregivers and children diagnosed
with cancer. More information about Sparrow's
Nest can be found at sparrowsnestcharity.org. The
Big Band Sound has performed throughout the Hudson
Valley for over 45 years and this "Swingtime!" show is the eleventh in a series of “Big Band
Style” shows that have been presented. Over the past seven shows, more than fifty
thousand dollars have been raised for Sparrow's
Nest of the Hudson Valley. In 2020, The Big Band Sound was
recognized by the Dutchess County Executive's Arts Awards with their Special
Citation.
This year's show will be performed outdoors at Freedom Park Bandshell
in the Town of LaGrange. The park is located at 212
Skidmore Rd. in LaGrangeville. Click here to get directions. Handicapped
access is available. If it should rain, the performance will take place under the cover of the large picnic pavilion adjacent to the bandshell. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets!
Sunday, May 28th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert, Hyde Park
As part of the annual Memorial Day weekend World War II Encampment at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, The Big Band Soundwill be performing Swing Era selections from Noon to 2:30 p.m. this afternoon outdoors amid the war era displays. Come early to walk through the special military displays plus the exhibits in the presidential museum and library, then get your lawn chair and enjoy our concert of home front hits. In the case of bad weather, check this website or call 1-800-FDR-VISIT to see if the concert is still on. Directions: The FDR National Historic Site is on the west side of Route 9 in Hyde Park. Click here for more directions.
Friday, June 9th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert, Dover Plains
The Dover High School Music Boosters will be hostingThe Big Band Soundin a fundraising concert this evening outside Dover High School from 6 to 8 p.m., for our 11th time. We'll be performing many of your favorite jazz standards from all the famous bg bands and there will also be classic cars on display. Members of the school's jazz ensemble will join us at the end of the evening in a grand finale! Admission is $10 per vehicle and the proceeds will benefit the music education offerings at the school. The Boosters will be grilling up hamburgers and offering refreshments for sale. If it rains, we'll play in the auditorium. Directions: Dover High School is on the east side of Route 22: 3 miles north of County Route 21/Pleasant Ridge Road and 10 miles north of Route 55. Click here for more directions.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert at Taconic Regional FOC-NY Parks = UPDATED AT 2:45PM ON 6/28: This concert, which was to be outdoors at Mills Mansion, will be held indoors at the rain location of Taconic Regional OFC-NY Parks at 9 Old Post Road in Staatsburg. The Town of Hyde Park's annual "Music in the Parks" concert series will include (for the 21st time!) a concert by The Big Band Sound this evening at 7 p.m. Admission is free!
Saturday, August 5th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert in Goshen For the 21st time, the Goshen Public Library will be hosting The Big Band Sound to bring you a concert of the best of the big bands from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is Free, thanks to our sponsor Norton & Christensen! It'll be hosted by the Friends Of The Goshen Public Library & Historical Society. If it rains, this concert will be held on Sunday, August 6th at the same time. Call (845) 294-6606 for more information. Directions: I-84 across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to the exit for Route 747. Turn left and take Route 747 south to the light at the end of the road. Turn right onto Route 207/Little Britain Rd., follow it for 12.1 miles and the Library will be on the left, at 366 Main St. Click here to get custom directions.
Saturday, August 19th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert, Wappingers Falls
TheStony Kill Farm Foundationwill
be hosting a concert for the community
featuring The Big Band Soundthis
evening starting at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Visitor Center/Manor House. Stony
Kill is a historic working farm and the nonprofit Foundation hosts environmental conservation and sustainable
agriculture programs year-round. Pack your lawn chairs and picnic for this free
concert. If it rains, this concert will be held on Sunday, August 20th at the
same time. Directions: Stony Kill is on the west side of Route 9D 1.8 miles
north of Interstate 84. Turn in at the north entrance. Use "Farmstead Lane"
in your GPS. Click here for more directions.
Saturday, September 9th, 2023 - Outdoor Concert, New City The Big Band Sound will be appearing outside the newly-renovated New City Library this afternoon starting at 2 p.m. Admission is Free and bring your lawn chairs and blanket. If it should rain, the concert will held inside the library. Call (845) 634-4997 for more information. Directions: From the Bear Mountain Bridge, take the Palisades Parkway south to Exit 11. Turn left onto New Hempstead Rd. Go 2 miles to the end of the road, and turn left onto North Main St. Go 0.7 miles, turn right onto Squadron Blvd. and then immediately turn left into the Library's parking lot. Click here for more directions.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 - Concert for Hudson Valley Honor Flight's "Lunch of Honor" at Resorts World Catskills in Monticello
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 - Private Concert at the Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing