B#

Sharp by name, sharp by nature. Melbourne's B# Big Band recreates the swing eras of the 30s, 40s and 50s, then keeps going into horn filled 60s and 70s dance numbers. Classic swing covers the Cotton Club and trad jazz end through to the mid century crooners and chanteuses: Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Michael Buble, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Natalie Cole. There's salsa and Latin in there too, Tito Puente and Celia Cruz, and swinging 60s London with Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Frankie Valli, and groove and funk from Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. If a full big band is more than your room can hold, they play as an 11, 7, 5 or 3 piece. They need a stage area and a PA to suit, and they arrive earlier in the day to build the stage.