Welcome to the El Jebel Shriners Dance Band
The Shriners Dance Band is a full seventeen piece jazz orchestra which qualifies as a "Big Band" in the tradition of the Big Band Era and as such we play all of the music associated with the legendary bands of Miller, Dorsey, Goodman, Shaw, Basie, Ellington and many others as well as the most popular songs of later decades..
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The Band |
Vocalists |
The standard 'big band' consists of a rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass and drums along with four trumpets, four trombones and five saxophones. Despite its seemingly large size the band can be situated in a fairly small space when necessary.
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Kathy Jones and guitarist Pete Hyland provide vocals on tunes such as Summertime, After The Lovin', Come Fly With Me, Tennessee Waltz, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, You Belong To Me, and many others.
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"There's nothing to keeping a big band together
but you have to have a gimmick.
My gimmick is to pay them money."
Duke Ellington