WAIMEA — Club Kahilu Dance Night returns for an electrifying evening of swing, jazz, and big band classics at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Big Island Swing Band, featuring Na Hoku Hanohano Award recipient ...

Local trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Mike Lewis is marking a major milestone — ten years of performing at Blue Note Hawaii — and he’s bringing his full 17-piece big band back to the stage for a ...

For one of the few big band jazz groups in the region, it’s all about keeping the music alive and well. The origins of The Dues Band stem from founder Alan Hirayama wanting to create a musical ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Dan Gabel and His Orchestra featuring Kimberly Hawkey perform new show "The American Big Band Experience" on April 6 in Mechanics Hall. The show coincides with the release of Dan Gabel and his ...

Swing, latin and pop big band.Expect everything from cracking Christmas big band classics through to raucous new arrangements from the band’s stock of gifted musician-arrangers. Now in its 12th year, ...

The band’s repertoire includes songs by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, along with pop, jazz, ballads, big-band classics and — of course — the theme from “The Tonight Show.” “The people who show up ...

Expect everything from cracking Christmas big band classics through to raucous new arrangements from the band’s stock of gifted musician-arrangers. This dynamic ensemble has grown to become one of the ...