Dave Banks Big Band Big Band from Stow, OH

The Dave Banks Big Band- This powerhouse 17 piece big band is based out of Akron, Ohio and is led by Ohio native and 20 year Las Vegas veteran trumpet artist, Dave Banks. The band boasts of having the top musicians in the Northeast Ohio area. Dave fronts the band with his soaring trumpet and also shares the stage with some of the finest vocal talent around. They specialize in the ability to do several themed shows including "The Tribute To Frank Sinatra" show, "Frank and Barbra", the music of Sinatra and Streisand, a USO Variety Show" spanning seven decades of music as well as a Veterans tribute segment, the "Aloha Salute," a 50th Anniversary Elvis Tribute Show, the popular Rat Pack Holiday Show, "Spies in the Night" a Tribute to the music of James Bond, and more!. They have backed several Vegas "Rat Pack" shows in major venues as well as provide backing musicians for "The Temptations, Four Tops, Sal Valentinetti, Frankie Scinta, Serpentine Fire, and other touring acts. This band will definitely make your event sparkle. The repertoire ranges from original compositions to contemporary pop songs to standard big band favorites. They also feature "Game Show Night" complete with live music! Great fun for your convention, party, or fundraiser! The music comes from many current top exciting arrangers in the business. They have played to packed houses at the Cleveland Bop Stop, Cleveland Playhouse Square, Carousel Dinner Theatre, The Tangier Cabaret, Robins Theatre and Packard Hall in Warren, the Kent Stage and the Akron Civic Theatre. They will travel the United States, Canada and Europe and are available for Cruise Ship bookings, casinos and Las Vegas Showrooms. They can do wedding receptions, anniversaries, public concerts, conventions, parties, back any major entertainer, and will leave your audience begging for more!

• Morning Song | Dave Banks
• New York New York | Sinatra/Wolpe
• Misty | Garner/Burke
• Mood Indigo | Ellington/Nestico
• My Funny Valentine | Kenton/Barduhn
• Pink Cadillac | Springsteen
• Who Can I Turn To? | Newley/Kubis
• Hey Jude | Beatles/Ferguson
• New York State of Mind | Joel/Nestico
• Brickhouse | Commodores
• It Had To Be You | Jones/Cobine
• Moondance | Buble
• Soul Kitchen | The Doors/Buddy Rich
• All Of Me | Count Basie/Byers
• Late In The Evening | Paul Simon
• Harlem Nocturne | Hagen
• Ice Castles | Hamlisch/Barduhn
• Begin The Beguine | Doc Severinson/Holman
• Closely Dancing | Sandoval/Calle
• Dancing Nitely | Maynard Ferguson/Holman
• Don't Get Sassy | Byers
• Keep The Customer Satisfied | Paul Simon
• Love Shack | B-52s
• Power of Love | Huey Lewis
• Jump | Jive and Wail
• Get Ready | Rare Earth
• Into The Mystic | Van Morrison
• Diminuendo In Blue | Ellington
• Echoes Of Harlem | Ellington
• C Jam Blues | Ellington
• Celebration | Kool and the Gang
• Soul Vaccination | Tower of Power
• I Like Your Style | Tower of Power
• Even The Flowers | Privsek
• Big Dipper | Thad Jones
• Dizzyland | Don Menza
• A Child Is Born | Thad Jones
• Get Up And Go | Nestico
• This Can't Be Love | Natalie Cole
• Fly Me To The Moon | Sinatra/Nestico
• I Can't Get Started With You | Doc Severinson
• Mambo #5 | Perez Prado
• On The Street Where You Live | My Fair Lady/Niehaus
• Ain't It A Kick In The Head | Dean Martin
• People | Maynard Ferguson/Sebesky
• Good-bye | Gordon Jenkins
• Closing Time at the Engine Room | Maynard Ferguson/Evans
• Norwegian Wood | Beatles/Buddy Rich
• I Get A Kick Out Of You | Porter/MCDougall
• Village Trumpets | Barth
• That's All | Brandt/Byers
• Come Fly With Me | Sinatra/Van Heusen/Byers
• I Got Da ZZZ's | Goodwin
• Let George Do It | Kubis
• What Is Hip | Tower of Power
• Slausen Cutoff | Kubis
• Big Ed's Monday Night Blues | Kubis
• Shiny Stockings | Count Basie/Foster
• Big D's Overnight Special | Kubis
• Just Friends | Klenner/Wolpe
• The Kid From Red Bank | Count Basie/Hefti
• The Tholian Web | Goodwin
• Theme Without A Movie | Kubis
• Be Bop Charlie | Florence
• Wave | Buddy Rich/LaBarbera
• I'll Be Seeing You | Curnow
• Fan It | Janet
• My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder
• Against All Odds | Phil Collins
• Sussudio | Phil Collins
• Give It One | Maynard Ferguson/Downey
• You've Made Me So Very Happy | Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Blue | Shew/Brisker
• Triste | Don Turoso
• A Little Minor Booze | Kenton/Maiden
• My Romance | Rodgers/Hart/Dave Banks
• As Long As I'm Singing | Darin/Setzer
• Up A Lazy River | Darin/Feldbush
• Mambo Swing | Feldbush
• Every Day I Have The Blues | Chatman/Williams
• September Song | Anderson
• Not Yet | Mike Camilo
• Alright Ok You Win | Joe Williams
• Here's That Rainy Day | T.Jones/Van Heuson
• How High The Moon | Feldbush
• Bewitched | Bothered and Bewildered
• The Man I Love | Rogers/Hart/Morgan
• Unforgettable | Vaughan Weister
• Day In Day Out | Bloom/Mercer
• Lot Of Livin' To Do | Holman/Kenton
• Body and Soul | arr. Harris
• Why Not | Mike Camilo
• Take The A Train | Ellington/Whit Sidener
• Caribe | Mike Camilo
• Man With The Horn | Harry James
• It Might As Well Be Spring | Maynard Ferguson/Sebesky
• The Shadow Of Your Smile | Woods
• Elvin's Mambo | Mintzer
• So Many Stars | Jobim/Baker
• Five Alarm Fire | Kubis
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | LaBarbera
• March Of The Toys | Doc Severinson/Newsome/Banks
• Let It Snow | Lance
• Snowfall | Feldbush
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer | Lance
• Baby | It's Cold Outside
• My Favorite Things | Don Turoso
• Morocco | Freeman/Goodwin
• Bacchanal | Martino
• What Child Is This | Trad/Hicks
• Still | Commodores
• Snowbound | arr. Hicks
• You Gotta Try | Nestico
• NightFlight | Nestico
• Hip Pocket | arr. Paolucci
• Tonight | West Side Story/arr. Paolucci
• Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael
• Dream | Johnny Mercer
• Black Bottom Stomp | Morton/Stock
• Look Out | Zito
• Tenderly | Lawrence/Cobine
• Rock Island Rocket | Scott/Cobine
• This Heart Of Mine | Warren/Cobine
• Dr. Flock | Severinson-Barone
• Jus' The Way It Oughta Be! | Kubis
• Back In Blue Orleans | Les Hooper
• Someone To Watch Over Me | Gershwin/Carney
• Miss Fine | Nelson
• Second Race | Thad Jones
• Recado Bossa Nova | Luiz Antonio
• Over The Rainbow | Wizard of Oz/Alan Baylock/AON
• Music And The Mirror | A Chorus Line/Kenton
• Maria | West Side Story
• Sweet Home Chicago | Blues Brothers
• Groove Blues | Louis Bellson/Menza
• I Remember Duke | Woody Herman/Feather
• I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know | Blood Sweat and Tears
• Country Road | Maynard Ferguson/Wheeler
• MacArthur Park | Maynard Ferguson/Drover
• Bandstand Boogie | Barry Manilow
• Chicago | Buddy Rich
• West Side Story | Buddy Rich
• Big Swing Face | Buddy rich
• Time Check | Buddy Rich/Don Menza
• Jersey Bounce | Goodman
• Don't Change Horses | Tower of Power
• Ready Mix | Holman/Rich
• Stella By Starlight | Nelson Riddle
• The Summer Wind | Sinatra
• Luck Be A Lady | Sinatra
• The Way You Look Tonight | Sinatra
• Sway | Buble
• I Don't Got Nobody | Louis Prima/arr. Kubis
• Oye Como Va | Tito Puente
• A Night In Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespe/Mossman
• El Camino Real | J.J.Johnson
• Isn't She Lovely | Sandoval/McNeill
• All Night Long | Sandoval/McNeill
• Blue Skies | Keely Smith
• Respect | Redding/Holmes
• Don't Know Why | Jones/Harris/Murtha
• How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You | Holland/Taylor
• Shining Star | Earth
• Rock This Town | Setzer/Wolpe
• I Wish | Wonder/Tamaro
• I'm Getting' Sentimental Over You | Bassman
• Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody | Louis Prima/Holmes
• This Masquerade | George Benson
• Live and Let Die | McCartney/Kenton/Curnow
• We Three Kings | Don Turoso
• I've Got Christmas | Kubis
• O Holy Night | Kubis
• Here We Come A Wassaling! | Kubis
• Deck The Halls | Kubis
• White Christmas | Berlin
• Santa Baby | Javits
• America The Beautiful | Kubis
• Count Bubba | Gordon Goodwin
• Tomorrow's Blues Today | Foster
• Caught A Touch Of Your Love | Schurr/Basie
• Here Comes Santa/Santa Claus Is Comin | Glasscock- Linda Eder Version
• I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Berlin/Glasscock- Ella F. version
• Jingle Bells | Pierpont/Clayton-Krall version
• String Of Pearls | Miller
• Mack The Knife | Darin/Tyler
• Kansas City | Leiber
• Satin Doll | Ellington/Nestico
• What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
• Intermission Riff | Kenton
• Chrysalis | Oddo
• When Sunny Gets Blue | Zentner/Hanlon
• Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado
• Beer Barrel Polka | Lowden
• Pennsylvania Polka | Manners
• Cottontail | Ellington
• It Only Happens Every Time | Thad Jones
• Smooth Operator | Sade
• Someone To Watch Over Me | Dedrick
• Embraceable you | Dedrick
• La Cumparsita | Rodriguez
• Kiss Of Fire | Allen/Hill
• Sing Sing Sing | Benny Goodman
• Tea For Two | Youmans
• Moon River | Mercer
• Watch What Happens | Legrand
• Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars | Jobim
• Meditation | Jobim
• Girl From Ipanema | Jobim
• Sentimental Journey | Les Brown
• Moten Swing | Count Basie
• Things Ain't What They Used To Be | Woody Herman
• Anema E Core | Manlio
• Leap Frog | Les Brown
• Woodchopper's Ball | Woody Herman
• Tonight | West Side Story/Bernstein
• April In Paris | Count Basie
• That Old Black Magic | Billy May
• That's Amore | Dean Martin
• In The Mood | Miller/Doc Severinson version
• Son Of A Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield
• Eager Beaver | Kenton
• Two O'Clock Jump | Harry James
• Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Ellington
• In A Minor Mood | Bob Crosby
• In A Mist | Beiderbecke
• Back Bay Shuffle | Shaw
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Ellington
• Johnson Rag | J. Dorsey
• Don't Be That Way | Goodman
• Blues On Parade | Woody Herman
• Pennsylvania 65000 | Miller
• At Last | Miller
• Taking A Chance On Love | Clinton
• Cherokee | Charlie Barnet
• Ultra | Harry James
• I Can't Get Started | Gershwin
• Chattanooga Choo-Choo | Miller
• My Reverie | Clinton
• South Rampart Street Parade | Crosby
• 720 In The Books | Savitt
• I'm Coming Virginia | Goodman
• Quaker City Jazz | Savitt
• One O'Clock Jump | Count Basie
• The Elks Parade | Sherwood
• Little Brown Jug | Miller
• Hawaiian War Chant | T. Dorsey
• Moonlight Serenade | Miller
• So Rare | J. Dorsey
• Stompin' At The Savoy | Goodman
• Song Of India | T. Dorsey
• Artistry In Rhythm | Kenton
• Auld Lang Syne | Guy Lombardo