These band members will work closely with you to find the songs that suit your wedding preferences. The group features a trombone, two trumpets, two alto saxophones, a tenor saxophone, and a pianist, led by vocalist Kathy Wagner. River City Jazz Ensemble is instantly recognizable as a Big Band, and brings the sounds of the swing era to celebrations of all kinds. They have extensive experience on stage and are honored to be part of your wedding. River City Jazz Ensemble has performed at numerous events throughout the area, including Governor Engler’s Inaugural Ball and receptions honoring Presidents Bush, Regan, and Ford. Over the years, the lineup has been composed of schoolteachers, pharmacists, and businessmen, all of whom are passionate about entertaining through live music. The company is located at 9601 Annapolis Lane North, Osseo, MN 55369. The ensemble was founded in 1976 and consists of musicians from a broad spectrum of the community. River City Jazz Orchestra in Osseo, MN, is in business of 7929 - Bands, Orchestras, Actors, and Other Entertainers and Entertainment Groups as well as 711130 - Musical Groups and Artists. Bowden joyously chirps You and I babe / We'll be ridin' high babe / Every care is gone / From this moment on.River City Jazz Ensemble is a high society dance band that plays at weddings in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan. The composer/lyricist is the revered Cole Porter - the arranger is Sammy Nestico from the Count Basie era - and the tune is "From This Moment On." Ms. "Livin' the Canary Life - featuring Bonnie Bowden" is always progressing from the outset, and its finale is perfect.
It's ideal when a CD has a beginning, middle and end. Under the leadership of trumpet player Mitch Biba.
The Angel City Big Band does its own thing with the number from percussionist Jack Cook's thunderous opening in an arrangement that often evokes the Woody Herman Band and its sax section playing "Four Brothers." Very fine listening. Over 20 years ago, River Cities Jazz band started playing Big Band style music in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Rolling Stone Magazine sited Trane's "Giant Steps" as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Lest' The Angel City Big Band be thought of as only honoring the swing tunes of yesteryear, their take on modern jazz great John Coltrane's composition "Giant Steps" is a gas. Bowden spreads her wings on Broadway songwriter Frank Wilhorne's "Til You Come Back To Me." Bassist Dustin Morgan kicks the band into thunderous gear, RW Enoch's tenor sax soars, and in matching the excitement of both, Bowden goes stratospheric at the finish. Bowden again make a great twosome with his lyric on "Cry Me a River." This song has been a tour-de-force for Bowden and in this CD's rendition The Angel City Big Band provides a bluesy arrangement just right for Bowden's rendition of romance gone awry.īroadway gets its just due when Ms. Bowden musically hames the iconic canaries Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne and those super talented female big band singers of which she is surely one of the best. Arthur Hamilton's insightful lyric states "a wedding band" would be preferable - but until then, this canary will be " singin' on the band stand, til the band is gone". There's good reason for her to honestly lament in this song's lyric that the grind is enough to make a canary "hate her agent' for booking those one-night stands in the boondocks of Hoboken and Riverdate. Bowden having toured the world with Sergio Mendes' bossa nova combos, knows the ordeals of travelling from one city to another to perform. with the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra during Jazzmobiles Great Jazz on the Great.
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Cab Calloway, the revered big band leader of the 1940's, coined the term "canary' to mean a female singer in a jazz orchestra singing or "chirping" nightly as she and the band endure the rigors of traversing America. RIVER CITY JAZZ MASTERS SERIES PRESENTS: STEPHANIE JORDAN AT THE SHAW. Bowden renders beautifully with up-front-and-personal understanding. High Spirits and wry humor fuel this CD especially in its title song, "Livin' the Canary Life," which Ms. With this CD you can either sit back and finger=pop your enjoyment or kick up your heels and dance to jazz takes on classics like Irving Berlin's "How Deep is the Ocean," Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" and Duke Ellington's "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me." Bowden and her orchestral cohorts are famous for keeping the torch burning for the great dance bands of the 1940's. A singing and swinging delight is songstress Bonnie Bowden's reunion with her pals The Angel City Big Band in their CD "Living the Canary Life." Ms.
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