Swing West

Seventeen musicians, over 600 charts, and trumpeter John Webster out front. Swing West Jazz Orchestra is a big band from Western Sydney, based around Penrith, and it plays the music that built the form: Sinatra, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, Peggy Lee, Natalie Cole, Gordon Goodwin, Maynard Ferguson, Broadway, Latin, Disney and a handful of swinging Christmas numbers when December comes around. Many players have thirty-plus professional years behind them. Vocalist Jessica Zamprogno fronts the band, and her own work runs from Princess Cruises production singing to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Mamma Mia. Clubs, private functions and charity nights are the regular diet. A smaller ten-piece line-up with singer is available where the stage won't take eighteen. They can bring PA and lighting. Insured.