The NYCBB, conducted by Clem De Rosa, pictured at right, presents an evening of selections from The Great American Songbook.

The program will enable you to revisit, recall, enjoy and appreciate the outstanding melodic and lyrical compositions of America’s most distinguished writers including:

George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini, Richard Arlen, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein, etc.

The program will be chosen from some of the following great tunes:
--Rhapsody In Blue
--Some Enchanted Evening
--Star Dust
--Maria
--You Made Me Love You
--I Love You
--Look Of Love
--You Can’t Take That Away From Me
--All Of Me
--I Could Have Danced All Night
--I left My Heart In San Francisco
--Tonight, Tonight
--Shadow of Your Smile
--Here’s That Rainy Day
--Moon River
--In The Mood
--NY, NY
--Sunnyside Of The Street
--Opus One
--Black Magic
--Satin Doll

"Music of Yesterday and Today, Played the Big Band Way"

Welcome to the days when dancing meant romance. Timid embraces. Softly held hands. Cheeks gently touching. A single kiss good night.

The New York City Big Band captures those Saturday night sounds of Gershwin... Kern... Porter... and goes one step further. It brings contemporary music to the forefront. The New York City Big Band is a renaissance that bridges the musical gap between yesterday and today.

The concept of the old meeting the new was developed by the group's founder, Clem DeRosa (right), who led the Glenn Miller Orchestra on several major European concert tours, and produced two of their albums. DeRosa explains, "the acoustical sound of the big band sound must be preserved, but it can only be sustained if the songs are relevant to the youth of today."

The New York City Big Band pays tribute and respect to the great songs and sounds of the past and adds to its repertoire the songs and sounds of the '20's through the '80's. With the Centennial celebration of Cole Porter's birth, the band had toured A Night of Anything Goes through 1993. The Band continues to be the orchestral back-up for the show Les Musiques de Broadway,

Clem DeRosa, is the award winning arranger, composer and orchestral leader who serves as musical director of the New York City Big Band, as well as the shows,
Music from The Great American Songbook
and
The New York City Big Band
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Bridging The Glory Days of the 1940s and 1950s: Starring The Platters with the NYC BIg Band
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A Night of Anything Goes
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Les Musiques de Broadway























So welcome to today where dancing means romance...music means cheeks touching...gentle embraces...and good night kisses.

Welcome to The New York City Big Band and Music from the American Songbook. Click HERE for video band clips!

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The Hall of Fame Tribute Show, starring: Linwood Peel's A Tribute To The Drifters; A Tribute to The Coasters & a Tribute to The Marvelettes