VJO Big Band is a 11 - 14-piece Jazz Band (10 musicians + 1-2-3 vocalists) comprised of some of the finest and best Jazz musicians in the Bay Area.
VJO Big Band plays swing and dance band music of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960,
The group covers big band hits made popular by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller to name just a few.
Our repertoire includes an extensive catalogue of standards from the Great American Songbook, featuring the works of legendary songwriters: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cahn & Van Heusen, Julie Styne, the Gershwins and their peers.
VJO Big Band also plays the festive, toe-tapping beats of New Orleans traditional jazz and dixieland music. Featuring 20s and 30s repertoire from such luminaries as Bix Beiderbeck, Clarence Williams, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong, our infectious music will bring your "Vintage" or New Orleans party to the next level.
This truly is a band not to be missed!
Let VJO Big Band bring the sound of the Big Band era to your next event!
VJO Big Band plays swing and dance band music of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960,
The group covers big band hits made popular by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller to name just a few.
Our repertoire includes an extensive catalogue of standards from the Great American Songbook, featuring the works of legendary songwriters: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cahn & Van Heusen, Julie Styne, the Gershwins and their peers.
VJO Big Band also plays the festive, toe-tapping beats of New Orleans traditional jazz and dixieland music. Featuring 20s and 30s repertoire from such luminaries as Bix Beiderbeck, Clarence Williams, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong, our infectious music will bring your "Vintage" or New Orleans party to the next level.
This truly is a band not to be missed!
Let VJO Big Band bring the sound of the Big Band era to your next event!
VIDEO & AUDIO SAMPLES
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Instrumentals:
With Female Vocalist:
With Male Vocalist:
SONG LIST
VJO Big Band
11-13 piece band
(6-Horn Section)
(6-Horn Section)
Jazz/Swing/Big Band Song List:
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Adios Muchachos
Ain't That a Kick in The Head Alexander's Ragtime Band April In Paris At Last Autumn Leaves Bandstand Boogie Begin The Beguine Beyond The Sea Blue Danube Blue Moon Brazil California Here I Come Call Me Irresponsible Cha Cha D'Amour Charleston Is The Best Dance Clementine (From New Orleans) Colonel Bogey Come Fly With Me Crazy Little Thing Called Love Darktown Strutters Ball Feeling Good Fly Me To The Moon Hallelujah I Love Her So Happy Harlem Nocurne How Sweet It Is I Could Write A Book I Get a Kick Out of You I Wanna Be Loved By You I'll String Along With You I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm I've Got You Under My Skin In The Mood It Don't Mean A Thing It Happened In Monterey |
It's De-Lovely
L-O-V-E Lady is a Tramp (The) Let There Be Love Let's Misbehave Love Is Here To Stay Moon River Moondance Moonlight Serenade New Orleans Bump Dance Night Train On The Street Where You Live Over the Rainbow Paper Moon Patricia Pretty Girl is like a Melody Quando, Quando, Quando Rumba Negra (Spanish Stomp) S'Wonderful San Francisco Someone In The Crow (LaLaLand)d Sing Sing Sing St Louis Shuffle Steppin' Out With My Baby Stormy Weather Sugar Foot Stomp Summer Montage Madeline Sway Taking A Chance On Love Tea For Two They Can't Take That Away Viennese Waltz Medley Way You Look Tonight (The) What Is This Thing Called Love Witchcraft You're Getting To Be a Habit You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You |