Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Count Basie and Woody Herman and later composed the memorable themes for the movie “The Odd Couple” and the campy ...

Bill Finegan, who arranged hits for Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey before forming a big band with Eddie Sauter, another legendary arranger, died Wednesday in Bridgeport, Conn. He was 91. The cause ...

I had an absolute blast singing the lead vocal on Gerhard Guter’s incredible 3/4 big band arrangement of Pure Imagination, ...

THE ARTS / Big band arranger has lots of swing in his step / Bay Area musicians flock to ...

He also is a three-time GRAMMY-nominated big band arranger, a multi- award winning jazz vocalist, and leader of his own big band The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra. The PMJO has released three CDs ...

I had a great time singing the lead vocal part for Gerhard Guter’s stunning big band arrangement of “Pure Imagination” in 3/4. The shift into waltz time gives this classic song a graceful ...

The jazz world welcomes a new landmark with the release of San Francisco 1948, the latest album by the Steve Rosenbloom Big Band.

For jazz and big-band guidelines, refer to works like: Berklee Contemporary Music Notation [Jonathan Feist, Berklee Press, 2017], The Complete Arranger [Sammy Nestico, Fenwood Music Co., 1993 ...

Andy Kirk’s big band in 1938 performing pianist Mary Lou Williams’ composition and arrangement “Mary’s Idea.” James Reese Europe’s 369 th U.S. Infantry Hellfighters band before that ...

On most nights, Rooster's Roadhouse, in an industrial section near the estuary in Alameda, is a mecca for fans of hard rock and punk. But on Wednesday nights the scene changes when Soundwave, a 20 ...