Click on Logo above &
thumbnails pictures below for information about these band members.
Click on Logo above &
thumbnails pictures below for information about these band members.
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 Covelli |
 Roten |
 Setar |
 Pell |
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 Spurlock |
 Redmond |
 Galeotti |
 Leys |
 Hershewe |
 Bash |
 Jones |
 Bowden |
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They're called The Big Band Alumni for a good reason; they're almost all
graduates of some of the greatest big bands of all time; like Benny
Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Woody Herman, Stan
Kenton, Count Basie, Billy May, and many more names of the Big Band
Era. What these legendary musicians bring you is the authentic swinging
sounds of the 40s, played with the same passion that made the “Swing
Era” what it was; the way this music was meant to be played. The
leader of The
Big Band Alumni - America's All Star
Swing Band - is Johnny Vana, arguably
one of the best drummers in the United States. Johnny, who in his
career was
also an executive with Capitol Records and taught at University Texas El Paso, started
his playing career early, being invited to sit in with the Glenn Miller
Orchestra in Omaha, Nebraska when he was only FOUR years old. By the
time he was NINE, he was regularly featured with Horace Heidt and his
Musical Knights. At fourteen, Johnny was a regular with the Jimmy
Dorsey Orchestra. The Big Band Alumni evokes memories of years gone by, inspiring whole new generations of dancers to take the dance floor right alongside the “youth” who grew up dancing to and sharing a passion for the best dance music of all time. You only have to hear this orchestra once before you're ready to join the crowd and build some new memories of your own - one note at a time. |
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JOHNNY VANA'S
BIG BAND ALUMNI
JOHNNY
VANA, LEADER/DRUMSAMERICA'S ALL STAR SWING BAND RON HERSHEWE, GUITAR GORDON BASH, BASS BILL CASILLI, PIANO LARRY COVELLI, TENOR SAX, CLARINET ETHMER ROTEN, ALTO SAX, FLUTE, CLARINET JOHN SETAR, ALTO SAX, SOPRANO SAX, CLARINET, FLUTE DAVE PELL, TENOR SAX, BARITONE SAX, CLARINET LARRY DOUGHERTY, BARITONE SAX, TENOR SAX, CLARINET, FLUTE JACK REDMOND, TROMBONE JACK SPURLOCK, TROMBONE BOB GALEOTTI, TROMBONE JOHN LEYS, BASS TROMBONE JOHN FICK, TRUMPET JACK FEIERMAN, TRUMPET FRED KOYEN, TRUMPET HOWARD "HOTSY" KATZ, TRUMPET VOCALISTS
BONNIE BOWDEN & BILL A. JONES Management: JACK LLOYD (818 343-7243 = FAX: (818) 345-1902 Click to e-mail: Jack Lloyd |
