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...Is a 'small big band', consisting of one trumpet, one trombone, one alto saxophone (doubling clarinet), one baritone saxophone (doubling clarinet and tenor saxophone), piano, bass, drum, and vocalist. Bob leads the band and plays clarinet and tenor saxophone. Sometimes, a guitarist is added, for a total of ten musicians.
With this group, Bob played in the Rainbow Room, Roseland, and many hotels and small nightclubs, weddings, and parties attended by from one hundred to five hundred persons. Bob loves the process of orchestrating for new groups of musicians, assembling and rehearsing the individual musicians, and creating music for new and different occasions.
Depending on your event, the extensive repertoire will range from big band hits (1920's to 1950's - including both the blockbusters and rarities) to Chuck Berry, leaning to danceable and sophisticated fox-trots and cha-chas. This group plays 'The Continental', 'Begin the Beguine' and 'Mambo Jambo', in the style we developed in the Rainbow Room. Or 'The Joint is Jumpin', 'Skyliner', 'Don't Be That Way', and 'Sing Sing Sing', as Bob did at the Swing Dancers' Convention... or 'New York New York', 'Strike Up the Band', and 'Stars and Stripes Forever', as they did at Madison Square Garden.
Perhaps you doubt that this style of entertainment is still available or question that you could engage such a band for YOUR Wedding. Well, you can! Exploring my web site -http://bobjanuary.com- will lead you to discover that the Bob January Orchestra has played in such well-known places as The Rainbow Room (three years), the Cat Club, New York's famous ballroom "Roseland," and at Studio 54. We are currently booked to play at the New York Quadrille Ball at The Plaza Hotel through the year 2003. In addition, we have performed at Madison Square Garden, the United Nations, and the New York Met's Shea Stadium. In Bob's earlier years, he first performed in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., and the Peppermint Lounge. Bob has had the honor of working with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Al Haig and many others.
And yet, the mainstay of our business is performing at weddings and other gala celebrations for people such as yourself! I take personal pride and pleasure in developing an evening of entertainment customized to your needs and preferences. Our ensembles are comprised of groups as small as five musicians or as large as twenty, enabling us to provide you with suitable and affordable entertainment. Bob personally conducts at each and every engagement and entertains with his talent on both the saxophone and clarinet.
So, if you enjoy Real Entertainment, The Big Band Era, the excitement of Swing
Dance Music and the personal attention of the Band Leader who insures YOU are
the star, drop us a line at bob@bobjanuary.com or phone us at (914) 752-0660.
This phone line is personally monitored on Thursday afternoons, Eastern Standard
Time. In all cases, inquires are acknowledges quickly and courteously. Let us
know how we can provide you will the highest quality of entertainment for your
memorable day!
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