Dave Banks Big Band

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Upcoming Appearances

  • Sunday, February 26, 2012
  • 4:30PM - Lakeland Jazz Festival
  • Kirtland, OH
  • Friday, July 27, 2012
  • 8:00PM - Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
  • Akron, OH

Past Appearances

  • Wednesday, February 15, 2012
  • 5:00PM - Awards Night Party
  • Sandusky, OH
  • Saturday, December 17, 2011
  • 8:00PM - Tangier Restaurant
  • Akron, OH
  • Saturday, December 03, 2011
  • 7:30PM - Warren Packard Music Hall
  • Warren, OH
  • Thursday, September 29, 2011
  • 7:00PM - Troy Theatre
  • Wheeling, WV
  • Friday, August 05, 2011
  • 7:00PM - Stan Hywet Hall
  • Akron, OH
  • Friday, June 24, 2011
  • 7:30PM - Rockin' Dinner Show at Emidio's 48 E. Bath Rd
  • Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Sunday, June 12, 2011
  • 7:00PM - Hudson on the square Gazebo
  • Hudson, OH
  • Friday, May 27, 2011
  • 7:30PM - "Senior" Prom at Emidio's 48 E. Bath Rd
  • Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Friday, April 29, 2011
  • 7:30PM - Big Band on Broadway Show Emidio's 48 E. Bath Rd.
  • Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Saturday, March 05, 2011
  • 7:00PM - Mardi Gras Party
  • Wheeling, WV
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Location:
Akron, Ohio
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 100 miles from Akron.
Pay Range:
$2800-$9800 per event
Member Since:
2010
Primary Category:
Big Band
Additional Categories:
40s Band, Broadway Band, Cabaret Band, Jazz Orchestra, Show Band, Wedding Band
Influences:
Not Available

Group Members

  • Dave Banks - Leader, Trumpet

Description

The Dave Banks Big Band- This powerhouse 17 piece swinging big band is
based out of Akron, Ohio and is led by Ohio native and 20 year Las Vegas
veteran trumpet artist, Dave Banks. The band boasts of having top
players in the Northeast Ohio area including trumpeter John English, saxophonists Don Turoso, Bob Esterle and Brad Wagner, trombonist Chas Baker, pianist Roland Paolucci and drummer Mark Gonder. Dave fronts the band with his soaring trumpet and also shares the stage with some of the finest vocal talent around. They specialize in the ability to do several themed shows including "The Tribute To Frank Sinatra" show featuring Michael Sonata, "Big Band on Broadway" with Shannon Eller and Paul Hoffman, and "Rock n Roll Oldies" with Peggy Coyle. This band will definitely make your event sparkle. Their repertoire ranges from original compositions to standard big band favorites.
The music from many current top exciting arrangers is featured. They have played to large houses at the Cleveland Bop Stop, Cleveland Playhouse Square, Carousel Dinner Theatre, and The Tangier Ballroom. They will travel the United States, Canada and Europe and are available for Cruise Ship bookings, casinos and Las Vegas Showrooms. They can do wedding receptions, anniversaries, public concerrts and will leave your audience begging for more!

Song List

  • 720 In The Books - Savitt
  • A Child Is Born - Thad Jones
  • A Little Minor Booze - Kenton/Maiden
  • A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespe/Mossman
  • After The Lovin - Bernstein/Wolpe
  • All Night Long - Sandoval/McNeill
  • All Of Me - Count Basie/Byers
  • Alright - Ok
  • America The Beautiful - Kubis
  • Anema E Core - Manlio
  • April In Paris - Count Basie
  • Artistry In Rhythm - Kenton
  • As Long As I'm Singing - Darin/Setzer
  • At Last - Miller
  • At The Military Ball - Woody Herman
  • Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo
  • Baby - It's Cold Outside
  • Bacchanal - Martino
  • Back Bay Shuffle - Shaw
  • Back In Blue Orleans - Les Hooper
  • Balboa Bash - Kenton
  • Bandstand Boogie - Barry Manilow
  • Be Bop Charlie - Florence
  • Beer Barrel Polka - Lowden
  • Begin The Beguine - Doc Severinson/Holman
  • Bewitched - Bothered and Bewildered
  • Big Dipper - Thad Jones
  • Big D's Overnight Special - Kubis
  • Big Ed's Monday Night Blues - Kubis
  • Big Swing Face - Buddy rich
  • Black Bottom Stomp - Morton/Stock
  • Blue - Shew/Brisker
  • Blue Skies - Keely Smith
  • Blues On Parade - Woody Herman
  • Bluesette - Gagliardi
  • Body and Soul - arr. Harris
  • C Jam Blues - Ellington
  • Caught A Touch Of Your Love - Schurr/Basie
  • Celebration - Kool and the Gang
  • Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Miller
  • Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
  • Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado
  • Chicago - Buddy Rich
  • Chrysalis - Oddo
  • Closely Dancing - Sandoval/Calle
  • Closing Time at the Engine Room - Maynard Ferguson/Evans
  • Come Fly With Me - Sinatra/Van Heusen/Byers
  • Cottontail - Ellington
  • Count Bubba - Gordon Goodwin
  • Country Road - Maynard Ferguson/Wheeler
  • Dancing Nitely - Maynard Ferguson/Holman
  • Day In - Day Out
  • Deck The Halls - Kubis
  • Didn't We - Webb/Kahn
  • Diminuendo In Blue - Ellington
  • Dizzyland - Don Menza
  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Ellington
  • Don't Be That Way - Goodman
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ellington
  • Don't Get Sassy - Byers
  • Don't Know Why - Jones/Harris/Murtha
  • Dr. Flock - Severinson-Barone
  • Dream - Johnny Mercer
  • Drip Dry - Enevoldsen
  • Eager Beaver - Kenton
  • Echoes Of Harlem - Ellington
  • El Camino Real - J.J.Johnson
  • Elvin's Mambo - Mintzer
  • Embraceable you - Dedrick
  • Even The Flowers - Privsek
  • Every Day I Have The Blues - Chatman/Williams
  • Fan It - Janet
  • Fascination
  • Five Alarm Fire - Kubis
  • Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra/Nestico
  • Fuerte Como Toro - Rob McConnell
  • Funky Monkey - Buddy Childers/Dechter
  • Get Up And Go - Nestico
  • Girl From Ipanema - Jobim
  • Give It One - Maynard Ferguson/Downey
  • Good-bye - Gordon Jenkins
  • Groove Blues - Louis Bellson/Menza
  • Harlem Nocturne - Hagen
  • Hawaiian War Chant - T. Dorsey
  • Hayburner - Nestico
  • Here Comes Santa/Santa Claus Is Comin - Glasscock- Linda Eder Version
  • Here We Come A Wassaling! - Kubis
  • Here's That Rainy Day - T.Jones/Van Heuson
  • He's A Tramp - Youtz
  • Hip Pocket - arr. Paolucci
  • How High The Moon - Feldbush
  • How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Holland/Taylor
  • I Can't Get Started - Gershwin
  • I Don't Got Nobody - Louis Prima/arr. Kubis
  • I Don't Have The Heart - Ingram/Taylor
  • I Get A Kick Out Of You - Porter/MCDougall
  • I Got Da ZZZ's - Goodwin
  • I Remember Clifford - Golson
  • I Remember Duke - Woody Herman/Feather
  • I Wish - Wonder/Tamaro
  • I Wish You Love - Trenet
  • Ice Castles - Hamlisch/Barduhn
  • I'll Be Seeing You - Curnow
  • Ill Wind - Kenton/Mathieu
  • I'm Coming Virginia - Goodman
  • I'm Getting' Sentimental Over You - Bassman
  • In A Minor Mood - Bob Crosby
  • In A Mist - Beiderbecke
  • In The Mood - Doc Severinson version
  • In The Mood - Miller
  • Intermission Riff - Kenton
  • Isn't She Lovely - Sandoval/McNeill
  • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - LaBarbera
  • It Had To Be You - Jones/Blair
  • It Had To Be You - Jones/Cobine
  • It Might As Well Be Spring - Maynard Ferguson/Sebesky
  • It Only Happens Every Time - Thad Jones
  • I've Got Christmas - Kubis
  • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Berlin/Glasscock- Ella F. version
  • Jamie - Vizzutti
  • Jersey Bounce - Goodman
  • Jingle Bells - Pierpont/Clayton-Krall version
  • Johnson Rag - J. Dorsey
  • Jump - Jive and Wail
  • Jus' The Way It Oughta Be! - Kubis
  • Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima/Holmes
  • Just Friends - Klenner/Wolpe
  • Just Waltzing - Barone
  • Kansas City - Leiber
  • Kiss Of Fire - Allen/Hill
  • La Cumparsita - Rodriguez
  • Leap Frog - Les Brown
  • Let George Do It - Kubis
  • Let It Snow - Lance
  • Little Brown Jug - Miller
  • Live and Let Die - McCartney/Kenton/Curnow
  • Look Out - Zito
  • Lot Of Livin' To Do - Holman/Kenton
  • Love Walked In - Richmond
  • Luck Be A Lady - Sinatra
  • MacArthur Park - Maynard Ferguson/Drover
  • Mack The Knife - Darin/Tyler
  • Malaguena - Kenton/Holman
  • Mambo #5 - Perez Prado
  • Mambo Swing - Feldbush
  • Man With The Horn - Harry James
  • March Of The Toys - Doc Severinson/Newsome/Banks
  • Maria - West Side Story
  • Meditation - Jobim
  • Miss Fine - Nelson
  • Misty - Garner/Burke
  • Mood Indigo - Ellington/Nestico
  • Moon River - Mercer
  • Moonlight Serenade - Miller
  • Morning Song - Dave Banks
  • Morocco - Freeman/Goodwin
  • Moten Swing - Count Basie
  • Music And The Mirror - A Chorus Line/Kenton
  • My Favorite Things - Don Turoso
  • My Funny Valentine - Kenton/Barduhn
  • My Reverie - Clinton
  • My Romance - Dave Banks
  • New York New York - Sinatra/Wolpe
  • New York State of Mind - Joel/Nestico
  • NightFlight - Nestico
  • Nightlights - Tonight Show Band
  • Norwegian Wood - Beatles/Buddy Rich
  • O Holy Night - Kubis
  • On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady/Niehaus
  • One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
  • Over The Rainbow - Wizard of Oz/Alan Baylock/AON
  • Oye Como Va - Tito Puente
  • Pennsylvania 65000 - Miller
  • Pennsylvania Polka - Manners
  • People - Maynard Ferguson/Sebesky
  • Phil Not Bill - McConnell
  • Playboy - Louis Bellson
  • Quaker City Jazz - Savitt
  • Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars - Jobim
  • Ready Mix - Holman/Rich
  • Recado Bossa Nova - Luiz Antonio
  • Respect - Redding/Holmes
  • Rock Island Rocket - Scott/Cobine
  • Rock This Town - Setzer/Wolpe
  • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Lance
  • Santa Baby - Javits
  • Satin Doll - Ellington/Nestico
  • Satin Doll - Ellington/Carubia
  • Second Race - Thad Jones
  • Sentimental Journey - Les Brown
  • September Song - Anderson
  • Shining Star - Earth
  • Shiny Stockings - Count Basie/Foster
  • Sing - Sing
  • Slausen Cutoff - Kubis
  • Smooth Operator - Sade
  • Snowbound - arr. Hicks
  • Snowfall - Feldbush
  • So Many Stars - Jobim/Baker
  • So Rare - J. Dorsey
  • Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin/Carney
  • Someone To Watch Over Me - Dedrick
  • Song Of India - T. Dorsey
  • South Rampart Street Parade - Crosby
  • St. Louis Blues - Tex Beneke
  • Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
  • Stella By Starlight - Nelson Riddle
  • Still - Commodores
  • Stompin' At The Savoy - Goodman
  • String Of Pearls - Miller
  • Sway - Buble
  • Take The A Train - Ellington/Whit Sidener
  • Taking A Chance On Love - Clinton
  • Tea For Two - Youmans
  • Tenderly - Lawrence/Cobine
  • That Old Black Magic - Billy May
  • That's All - Brandt/Byers
  • The Duke - Fischer
  • The Elks Parade - Sherwood
  • The Kid From Red Bank - Count Basie/Hefti
  • The Man I Love - Rogers/Hart/Morgan
  • The Peanut Vendor - Kenton/Simons
  • The Queen Bee - Nestico
  • The Shadow Of Your Smile - Woods
  • The Summer Wind - Sinatra
  • The Tholian Web - Goodwin
  • The Underdog Has Arisen - Buddy Childers/Dechter
  • The Way You Look Tonight - Sinatra
  • Theme Without A Movie - Kubis
  • There Will Never Be Another You - Gagliardi
  • Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Woody Herman
  • This Heart Of Mine - Warren/Cobine
  • This Masquerade - George Benson
  • Time Check - Buddy Rich/Don Menza
  • Tomorrow's Blues Today - Foster
  • Tonight - West Side Story/arr. Paolucci
  • Tonight - West Side Story/Bernstein
  • Triste - Don Turoso
  • Two O'Clock Jump - Harry James
  • Ultra - Harry James
  • Unforgettable - Vaughan Weister
  • Up A Lazy River - Darin/Feldbush
  • Village Trumpets - Barth
  • Watch What Happens - Legrand
  • Wave - Buddy Rich/LaBarbera
  • We Three Kings - Don Turoso
  • West Side Story - Buddy Rich
  • What Child Is This - Trad/Hicks
  • When Sunny Gets Blue - Zentner/Hanlon
  • White Christmas - Berlin
  • Who Can I Turn To? - Newley/Kubis
  • Wolf Road Riff - Gagliardi
  • Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
  • You Gotta Try - Nestico

Available For:

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • We really enjoyed having the Dave Banks Big Band at our Mardi Gras Gala fundraiser. Their professional performace added to the elegance and atmosphere of the event. I have received many compliments for our choice in the band. -- Patti Tiu, Wheeling, WV, 3/14/2011
  • Our company could not possibly be happier with the Dave Banks Big Band. They arrived on-time, were ready to start, had obvioulsy prepared heavily and were above-all-else EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED. Dave has put together a group of musicians that I would hire on an individual basis if needed without question. When you put them all together they are truly one fantastic band. We were looking for a way to bring up the level of our previous awards shows and DBBB gave us exactly what we were looking for! If you need a band that you know without question will do you right and entertain you at the same time... I suggest that you hire the Dave Banks Big Band! -- Justin Green, Sandusky, OH, 2/20/2012
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