2023 Lineup / Big Band

Los Gatos-Saratoga Big Band

Sat, Aug 12 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The musical focus of the LGS Big Band is dance, jazz, Latin and vocals in all styles. The classics from Miller, Basie, Brown, and Goodman are among the featured songs as well as more modern works by arrangers such as Nestico, Goodwin, Carter, Hefti, Wolpe and more.

Los Gatos-Saratoga Big Band

Sat, Aug 12 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The Serenaders

Sat, Aug 12 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The Serenaders band was originally formed in 1983 and has been active in various forms ever since. Although the band has always highlighted jazz standards from the proverbial Great American Songbook, it has evolved to include big band and swing versions of contemporary jazz and popular music.

The Serenaders

Sat, Aug 12 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Synchronicity

Sat, Aug 12 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Synchronicity is a classical jazz ensemble of alumni from various Bay Area big bands, in the tradition of Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson.

Synchronicity

Synchronicity

Sat, Aug 12 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Top Shelf

Sat, Aug 12 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Top Shelf Big Band brings the swinging sounds of live jazz and ballroom dancing to life. Enjoy vintage jazz and standards made famous by groups like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and Les Brown with this 17-piece orchestra.

Top Shelf Big Band

Top Shelf

Sat, Aug 12 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Gabriel Gonzalez y La Verdad

Sat, Aug 12 @ 9:45pm
Latin Tropical Stage

The premier West Coast Latin music ensemble, La Verdad, is a collective of world-class musicians whom embody the truth of the Los Angeles Latino experience through their blend of traditional and original repertoire that spans the scope of Latin American route music including salsa, cha cha, boogaloo and Latin soul.

Gabriel Gonzalez y La Verdad

Sat, Aug 12 @ 9:45pm
Latin Tropical Stage

Full Spectrum Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Full Spectrum Big Band Jazz has delighted audiences with traditional and modern big band sounds since 1996. Performance styles range from laid-back Count Basie swing to poly-rhythmic modern Latin. FSJ has a diverse catalog of exceptional music, including original compositions and venerable jazz standards.

Full Spectrum Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Marcus Shelby New Orchestra Featuring Tiffany Austin

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Composer, bassist and educator Marcus Shelby formed his namesake orchestra in 1999 to give proper voice to his compositions that modernized the big band idiom. For this set the latest incarnation of the band performs with longtime collaborator Tiffany Austin, of whom DownBeat said: “West Coast vocal jazz simply gets no better than Tiffany Austin.”

Marcus Shelby Orchestra with Tiffany Austin

Marcus Shelby New Orchestra Featuring Tiffany Austin

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

SOJ Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The SOJ Big Band was formed almost 20 years ago in the south San Francisco Bay Area to play big band arrangements of gospel and swing, Latin, R&B and jazz tunes.

 

SOJ Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Footnotes Big Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Footnotes Jazz Band is a San Francisco Bay Area ensemble that showcases contemporary and original big band jazz. Its founding members once played together in the Foothill College jazz program, before going independent under the leadership of Lori Stotko.

Footnotes Big Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Ames Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The NASA Ames Jazz Band (AJB) is the large ensemble of the “Jazz Band” Club of the NASA Ames Exchange.  The group’s eighteen musicians are drawn from the Ames community, as well as from the local Bay Area.

Ames Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Swing Solution

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The Swing Solution is a classic big band specializing in music from the ’40s through the swing revival of the ’90s and beyond.

Swing Solution

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage