The Chart: What an Arrangement Tells the Band
Seventeen players reading the same page at the same time: what a big band chart actually tells each chair, and why the loudest passage always arrives last.
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The Orchestra
How a big band is assembled, from brass and saxophone sections to the rhythm chair.
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Southern Horizon: A Civil War Era Band We Keep on File
What Toronto big band readers should know about Southern Horizon, the Virginia ensemble behind an old domain, its records and its research.
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Seventeen Chairs: How a Big Band's Sections Fit
Five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, four in the rhythm section: the classic big band headcount, and what each chair actually owes the room.
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The Rhythm Chair: What the Engine Room Actually Does
Piano, bass, drums, guitar: the four chairs at the back of the band that decide whether a room dances or merely listens.
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Other stages
A short list of places where Toronto swing and big band music is worth your time.