Evening events, Music, Big band

Ray McVay directs the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra through their repertoire of swing and jazz band tunes.

The student ensemble performs big band arrangements of popular tunes.

• 65 min

A lavish musical show celebrating the talents of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.

Zig Zag Band, the Byres Road Big Band and the Glasgow University Big Band come together for this special gig playing some works never performed in Scotland before.

The band performs arrangements of well known standards and popular songs.

The ensemble performs big band arrangements of popular tunes and standards.

The seventeen-piece London-based band play a compilation of jazz, funk, big band, soul and blues with a distinct Latin and South American influence.

The ensemble performs big band arrangements of standards and easy listening pop songs.

The band performs jazz-swing from artists such as Vera Lynn, who notably performed during WWII.

Sun Ra was a pianist and band leader, his style ranged from retro swing to avant free, often in the same piece. The Arkestra performs today, under the direction of alto saxophonist Marshall Allen and featuring Fred Adams and Michael Ray on trumpet, Knoel Scott on vocals and saxes, Yah Yah Abdul-Majid on tenor sax, Danny…

The ensemble performs a selection of jazz pieces by Joe Locke, with Stan Sulzmann, saxophone.

The ensemble performs the music of Benny Goodman, plus other big band arrangements.

A celebration of the rise of Big Band and Dance Band music in the UK. Including a selection of favourites from the days of the BBC Dance Orchestra under the batons of Jack Payne and Henry Hall through to the music of band leaders including Jack Hylton, Harry Roy, Bert Ambrose, Geraldo, Ted Heath, John Dankworth, Joe Loss…

Departing members from The University Of Warwick Big Band play jazz, swing, Latin, funk and soul under the aegis of Musical Directors Dan Parkes, Bradley Price and Nick Perry.

Seventeen-piece swing band.

The drummer leads the band as it performs the big band music of composer and musician Woody Herman.

Tribute to the smooth crooning of Michael Bublé.

The Belgian group, led by musician and composer Peter Vermeersch, performs avant-garde big band music.