After over a year absence from our regular Tuesday evening residency at SWING46 Jazz & Supper Club, The George Gee Big Band Swing Orchestra returns on Tuesday, April 20th to continue their weekly series at this fabled Times Square NYC venue. Albeit now under the current conditions, stage set-up in a socially distant configuration and without the adoration from an in-house audience, we are depending on YOU to cheer us onward in SWING! This special performance will be the debut of The SWING46 Big Band Broadcast Livestream and you can watch from the comfort of your own home. Tickets for this online live stream are available HERE for only $10, in which all the proceeds will go directly to the musicians. But truth be told, we can’t wait until the time we can all get back together for real to SWING and laugh…

FRANK FOSTER TRIBUTE at BIRDLAND Sun. Jan. 27th

2004-2019

15th Anniversary

In 2004, The George Gee Swing Orchestra had the good fortune to collaborate with the legendary Frank Foster (NEA Jazzmaster, longtime Count Basie saxophonist and master Big Band arranger/composer (Shiny Stockings)). Frank and bandleader George Gee discussed for years the possibility of combining forces to record many of Foster’s rarer Big Band music. The results were “Settin’ The Pace”, The Music of Frank Foster recorded with the full 17 piece jazz orchestra under the personal guidance of Frank himself, step by step and note by note!

The CD cracked the Top 50 jazz charts by receiving extensive worldwide radio airplay and was even considered for a Grammy nomination. Frank and George was extremely proud and it helped furthered their enduring friendship.

Now fifteen years later in 2019, world-famous jazz club Birdland will host a special show paying tribute to the great Frank Foster on Sunday, January 27th for the 6pm set. With a powerhouse big band consisting of saxophonists Julius Tolentino, David DeJesus, Michael Hashim, Anthony Nelson Jr. & Tony Lustig, trombonists David Gibson (music dr.), Willie Applewhite, Ben Barnett & Gina Benalcazar, trumpeters John Walsh, Michael Sailors, Andy Gravish & Freddie Hendrix, pianist Steve Einerson, bassist Marcus McLaurine, guitarist Sam Raderman, drummer Brian Fishler and singer John Dokes - bandleader George Gee will lead them in a special set Frank Foster Big Band favorites. A special night indeed!

Sun Jan. 27

Doors Open at 5pm, Set at 6pm