THE BIG EASY (Jazz/ Blues Band)

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The Big Easy have gone from strength to strength since forming some 3 years ago and have gained admirers from all corners of the music scene mainly due to their appealing renditions of classic jazz and blues numbers and thoroughly entertaining and energetic live shows.

Big Bear Music were impressed enough to invite them to perform in the Birmingham International Jazz Festival 2006. Whilst also taking in the Coventry Jazz Festival and Town & Country Festival the same year and being featured on CWR radio, Heart FM and Touch FM along the way. Continuing the festival trail in 2007 the band were featured in the Liverpool Maritime Event at Wellington Dock, the Lichfield Real Ale and Jazz & Blues Festival and ArtsFest in Birmingham.

2008 sees The Big Easy take to the stage at the massive Americana Festival in July, while taking in the huge Godiva Festival the same month.

In August the band was invited to perform live on Wedding Breakfast TV (Sky channel 277) and received considerable feed-back from viewers. Red TV is now also lining up the band for a session in April 2008.

The Big Easy will be stealing time from a busy 2008 work schedule to record their 10 track CD entitled: ‘JooZ’ .

The popular outfit covers the very best of ‘good time’ jazz, blues and rhythm & blues – or ‘Jooz’ as they call it. THE BIG EASY are a workman-like band who deliver with energy and style a fine selection of classic numbers, right across the board, from the 1930s to the present day. From Louis Prima to Van Morrison, Ray Charles to Jools Holland. Indeed, they feel comfortable in declaring that they have ‘something for everyone’. Aint no sitting back when THE BIG EASY hit town .. prepare yourself for an evening of hot, steamy ‘raucous & roll’ ! from the coolest, most cruelest band on the planet !

The Preacher has been described as: “possibly the best around in what he does” .. “a vocalist of great dexterity and power”. While the band’s undoubted skills as vocalists, musicians and arrangers (check out their version of ‘can’t buy me love’ or ‘mojo’ for example) is now taking them into the big league. It is therefore no surprise that The Big Easy is attracting much interest. Nowhere else will you see such a band - they are unique. With such a fast growing reputation they are quite simply becoming a band difficult to ignore.

The Big Easy - one of the UK’s premier jazz/blues outfits !