Remember when the exciting big bands electrified audiences.....
The Denmark Street Big Band recreates the swinging jazz sounds of the Big Band era, performing compositions that span an entire century of music, including standards made famous by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich plus modern arrangements by Los Angeles hottest big band The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band.

Dave Koz with the Denmark Street Big Band.

Six-times Grammy-nominated sax player Dave Koz has been on tour in the UK and sat in with the Denmark Street Big Band while he was in London.

Dave sat in on the Lead Alto chair with his trusty silver Yamaha 62 alto sax and played a variety songs including classic Count Basie and Sammy Nestico charts with the band. We also played a few big band arrangements of songs that Dave recorded on his hit album "At The Movies" including Moon River and Over The Rainbow. The band were honoured to have this amazing musician come and play with us and to see him play with a big band was a very rare treat.

Dave was immortalised with a star on the Hollywood Boulevard 'Walk of Fame' last year and he is also a Yamaha Performing Artist. If you want to catch Dave playing live with his band check out Jimi King at SkyFM website as Jimi brings over some of the very best Smooth Jazz artists from the States.

Click Here to go to Jimi King's SkyFM page.

To find out about Dave Koz, visit his website at www.davekoz.com

Also you can visit the Yamaha website for more in about the Yamaha 62 Alto sax that Dave Koz plays by clicking here.

Rat Pack Tribute Show
The Denmark Street Big Band also perform a fantastic tribute show to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr plus the other great crooners of the 50s' and 60s' that features the incredible vocals of Kevin Leo.

Using the authentic arrangements of Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Quincy Jones, the band will transport you back to the showrooms of Las Vegas and perfectly capture the wonderful music, sounds and style of this fantastic era of entertainment.

If you would like to book the band to perform our Rat Pack show for your event or wedding please get in touch and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.

Take a look at the video of the band performing its Rat Pack Tribute show at The Spice Of Life in Soho.

How it all started....
Paul Burch has put together a big band that creates the same kind of energy, excitement and style of the greatest big band of the past era. Born of the love of Big Band jazz, sax player Paul Burch began searching for an ensemble of musicians to create a fantastic new big band. During the search he called upon musicians and friends who had played together from his time playing with The Coldstream Guards and playing with bands on-board luxury cruise liners.

Paul has hand picked musicians with impeccable reputations and experience. The band members have performed with some of the biggest names in the music business and have played in many West End Musicals. After assembling the musicians and taking it name from the London street that has been the heart of British music scene, The Denmark Street Big Band was born. You can find the history and information about Denmark Street by clicking here.

Our Next Public Performances

Sunday 11th July 2010 at 1pm (Lunchtime Show)
Tribute to Count Basie
with the swinging 17 piece Denmark Street Big Band
performing the classic songs of Count Basie.

The Spice Of Life,
6 Moor St, Soho,
London, W1D 5NA

Wednesday 11th August 2010 at 8.00pm
Tribute to Frank Sinatra
with the swinging 17 piece Denmark Street Big Band
and special guest vocalist Aiden Kent
performing the classic songs of Frank Sinatra

The Spice Of Life,
6 Moor St, Soho,
London, W1D 5NA

Saturday 28th August 2010 at 8.30pm
Tribute to The Rat Pack
with the swinging 17 piece Denmark Street Big Band
and special guest vocalist Kevin Leo
performing the classic songs of The Rat Pack

The Polish Jazz Cafe
POSK,
238-246 King Street,
London, W6 0RF

Guest Vocalists who sing with the band..........

Kevin Leo
Kevin Leo is a charismatic and powerful showman and is one of the most in demand session singers in UK and also a professinal vocal coach who works with some on the biggest names music business. Kevin live performances are amazing and delights his audience with a soulful voice and brillant stage presence. For more infomation about Kevin please click here.

Aiden Kent
Aiden Kent is a singer in the style of the classic age of swing music. His voice has been likened not only to the heroes of the swing era, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, but also to present day singing sensation Michael Buble. Aiden sat in with the Denmark Street Big Band recenlty and impressed us with his fantastic vocals and we are now looking forward to working with Aiden on a Rat Pack show in the near future. You can visit Aidens website to find out more about him by clicking here

The Denmark Street Big Band is kindly sponsored by SAX.CO.UK the greatest saxophone shop in the world.

Many thanks to Phill Straker for his kind support of The Denmark Street Big Band

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MORGAN FRY SAX MOUTHPIECES
The sax section of the Denmark Big Band are all playing on a Morgan Fry mouthpiece. They are totally amazing pieces and Morgan is a really helpful guy. Take a look at his website for information on his mouthpieces and refacing services. His mouthpieces piece are being played by some of the finest players including Dave O'Higgins, Gilad Atzmon, Jamie Talbot and Howard McGill. Click Here to visit Morgans Frys website

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