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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band at Feinstein's At Vitello's
Courtesy of Keith Johnson | Posted on September 24, 2013
Where
Feinstein's At Vitello's
4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA
Map
818-769-0905
When
Thu, October 3, 2013
7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
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Musicians
Gordon Goodwin
composer / conductorGordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
For ten years, saxophonist/pianist and GRAMMY-winning composer/arranger Gordon Goodwin has been driving a train that won’t stop. He first assembled his Big Phat Band in 2000 – an ironic starting point for an 18-piece big band, given that the fleeting neo-swing craze of the late 1990s was just winding down. But Goodwin and his crew have always been the real deal, and have always been in it for the long haul. In the decade since their ambitious beginnings, the Big Phat Band has burned up stages and studios with an eclectic, intelligent and high-energy brand of music that marries the best elements of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, John Barry and other big-band and orchestral jazz giants of the past 70 years....