News of a big band concert in Port Colborne, Canada, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 with the Toronto All-Star Big Band. They will take the stage with a joyful Christmas concert.... A Swingin’ Christmas.
The show promises to capture the warmth, joy and magic of the holiday season and feature songs from Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller and other celebrated favorites. The group will also perform a famous rendition of songs from The Nutcracker. Here they play "Jumpin' At The Woodside."
Christmas is “all about happiness and love and joy, and giving,” said the band’s artistic director, Zygmunt Jedrzejek, adding the group’s performance at the Roselawn Centre will be infused with all those things.
While most currently popular tribute bands strive to emulate such groups as The Beatles, Rolling Stones or ABBA, the Toronto All-Star Big Band plays the music of early 20th-century jazz greats as they would have performed it themselves.
“The authenticity, I think, is what draws the people,” he said, adding many still love the music of jazz’s golden era, and the band loves playing it.
Though the Toronto Big Band usually attracts middle-aged and more mature adults, Jedrzejek said he thinks about how to draw younger generations to listen to the tunes of jazz’s golden age. There are many subgenres of jazz, such as swing.
“The idea is, how do we show young people where the tradition started?”
The concert runs from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. To order tickets, please call the Roselawn Centre box office at 905-834-7572. Box office hours are Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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