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Minnesota
   Blackduck area:
      [ Sandie Brookes & Beyond Control ]
   Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twin Cities) area:
      [ Alan Rewitzer Dance Band ]
      [ Atahualpa ]
      [ Blues Brothers Tribute ]
      [ Cedar Ave. Big Band ]
      [ Generation II Big Band ]
      [ Skip Moore Combo ]
      [ Jerry O'Hagan & his Orch. ]
      [ Roseville Big Band ]
      [ Swing Train ]
      [ The Wolverines Classic Jazz Band ]

Mississippi
   Gulfport - Biloxi area:
      [ The Today Band ]
   Jackson area:
      [ Jimmy Mullen Orch. ]

Missouri
   Branson, Joplin, Springfield area:
      [ Swingfield Dance Orch. ]
      [ The Soundsations ]
   St. Louis area:
      [ The D's 3 ]
      [ Stan Fornaszewski Orch. ]
      [ Gateway City Big Band ]
      [ Original Knights of Swing Orch. ]
      [ The Readus Miller Project ]
      [ Terry Thompson Bands ]

Montana Currently no listings.

Nebraska
   Kearney - Hastings area:
      [ Big Band Reprise ]
   Lincoln area:
      [ Bobby Layne Orch. ]
      [ Nebraska Jazz Orch. ]
   North Platte area:
      [ The Centennials Big Band ]
   Omaha - Elkhorn, etc. area:
      [ Lonny Lynn Orch. ]
      [ Omaha Jazz Orch. ]

Nevada
   Reno area:
      [ Russ Lindquist and The Sierra Swing Orch. ]
      [ Reno Jazz Orch. ]
   Las Vegas area:
      [ Walter Boenig Big Band ]
      [ Eee-O Eleven: The MUSIC That Made Las Vegas Famous ]
      [ Keith Hall Orch. ]
      [ "MJ and Natural Flavors" ]
      [ The Seville Swing Orchestra ]
      [ Joe Torres and the Latin Jazz All Stars ]
      [ Gene White Orchestra ]

New Hampshire
Please Note that Many New Hampshire/Mass.-Based bands Tour all of New Hampshire AND NEW ENGLAND.
   Bedford area:
      [ The Bedford Big Band ]
      [ Daddio's Swing Orch. ]
   Durham area (includes Southern Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts:
      [ Hoi Polloi ]
   Manchester area: (includes Nashua, Windham, nearby Lowell, MA, etc)
      [ Windham Swing Band ]
   Portsmouth area:
      [ Tone Salad ]
   State-wide:
      [ Moe Breton's Big Band ]

New Jersey
    PLEASE NOTE: Northern New Jersey area usually includes New York City, - For more bands, See New York Listings below. Also NOTE that Philadelphia, PA bands also tour much of New Jersey.

   Atlantic City (and Philadelphia/So. Jersey) area: Also See Cape May.
      [ The BlackMagic SwingBand ]
   Bloomfield (and NYC) area:
      [ The Infernos Band ]
   Caldwell (and NYC) area:
      [ Silver Starlite Orch. ]
   Cape May area: (Perhaps also see Atlantic City area)
      [ Bluebone ]
   Emerson (and NYC) area:
      [ Missing Peace ]
   Gibbstown (Including Philadelphia, PA) area:
      [ The John Clark Big Band ]
   Hoboken (no. NJ/and PA. (New York City, Connecticut, and Northern NJ) area:
      [ The Minors ]
   Hunterdon County (no. NJ/and PA. (Easton/Phillipsburg/Allentown, PA) area:
      [ John Nobile's SummerSwing Orch. ]
   Kearny (and NYC) area:
      [ Classic Rock Factory ]
   Livingston (and NYC) area:
      See Rich Szabo listing under New York City.
   Montclair (and NYC) area:
      [ Somers Dream Orch. ]
   Morris Plains (and NYC) area:
      [ George Newell Orch. ]
   Mount Laurel (and Philadelphia) area:
      [ Bobby Block Orchestra ]
   Morristown (and NYC) area:
      [ Steve Minzer Trio ]
   Patterson (and NYC) area:
      [ Unknown Army ]
   Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, New Brunswick, (and NYC area:
      [ Valarie Adams & Dimension Band ]
   Redbank (and NYC) area:
      [ Jazz Lobster Big Band ]
   Roselle Park area:
      [ Full Count Jazz Band ]
   Saddle River (and NYC) area:
      [ Herb Barnett Essential Ballroom Big Band ]
   Somerville/Bridgewater/Pluckemin NJ, (and NYC) area:
      [ Ian Gallagher Band ]
      [ Noise Traffic Control ]
   Union and (NYC) area:
      [ David Aaron Big Band ]
      [ MRB Jazz Project ]
   Vernon and (NYC) area:
      [ Fossil Fuel ]

New Mexico
   Las Cruces area:
      [ Ron Thielman High Society Orch. ]
   Clovis Area:
      [ Bill Case and The Velvetones ]
   Raton Area:
      [ The Trinidaires ]

New York
   (NOTE: The bands listed ABOVE in the Northern New Jersey, area - are part of the New York City Metroplex, and play in both New York City and often in Pennsylvania too.) Bands in the Bullalo New York area also tour Southern Canada.

   Albany - Rotterdam - Saratoga -Schenectady area: See "Capital Region" below
   Binghamton area:
      [ Blue Velvet Big Band ]
      [ Night Sounds Dance Band ]
      [ Jazz Exchange, The ]
   Buffalo area: (Niagara Falls, etc. INCLUDES SOUTHERN CANADA)
      [ Corsaro Brothers Orchestra ]
      [ The Pyramid Bands ]
   Capital Region (Albany - Rotterdam - Saratoga -Schenectady etc)
      [ Brass-O-Mania! ]
      [ Catskill Stompers ]
      [ Tim Olsen Big Band ]
      [ SwingDocs Big Band ]
      [ Joey Thomas Orch. ]
      [ Georgie Wonders Orch. ]
   Jamestown area: (Western NY)
      [ 5 Cubic Feet ]
   Kingston area:
      [ The Big Blue Big Band ]
   Long Island
      Amityville area:
           [ Banjo Rascals Inc. ]
      Northport - Babylon area:
           [ New York's Most Dangerous Big Band ]
           [ Oak Street Quartet ]
           [ Trevor Davison Orch. ]
      Hempstead - Freeport/Massapequa area:
           [ Tom Smith Big Band ]
      Hauppauge, Bayshore, Deer Park area:
           [ Live Wire ]
      Port Jefferson area:
           [ Andy Farber & His Swing Mavens ]
      Roslyn area:
           [ 747 Orchestra ]
      Shirley area:
           [ Meridian Voice ]
      Smithtown area:
           [ The Big Band Association ]
      Suffolk and the Hamptons Area:
           [ Big Band East ]
           [ Jerry Costanzo's Big Band And The Memories Of Swing All Star Orch. ]
      Valley Stream area:
           [ The South Shore Trumpet Quartet - Lou Mento, Director/arranger ]

   New York City Metroplex (Westchester County, Long Island, Northern New Jersey/Southern Connecticut):
      [ Ray Abrams Big Band ]
      [ Aelita and Her Big Band Swing Orch ]
      [ Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Orch ]
      [ Lew Anderson Orch. ]
      [ Bensen-Scott Big Band ]
      [ Big Band Swing Machine ]
      [ (Barry Bryson and the) Swing Street Orch. ]
      [ Black Diamonds Orch. ]
      [ Cab Calloway Orch. ]
      [ Gerard Carelli Orch. ]
      [ Tony Corbiscello Big Band ]
      [ Jerry Costanzo's Big Band And The Memories Of Swing All Star Orch. ]
      [ Bob Crosby Band & The Bob Cats ]
      [ DIVA ]
      [ Jerry Drake and the Front Page Big Band ]
      [ el meastro ]
      [ Yolanda Duke and her Latin Jazz Ensemble ]
      [ Andy Farber & His Swing Mavens ]
      [ Ed Fennell's Ninth Street Stompers ]
      [ Felix and All The Cats ]
      [ George Gee & his Make Believe Ballroom Orch ]
      [ Denice Given Band ]
      [ The International Ballroom Orchestra ]
      [ Bob January Dance Orch. ]
      [ Sammy Kaye Orch. Dir. by Roger Thorpe ]
      [ Gene Krupa Orch., Led By Michael Berkowitz ]
      [ Debbie Lang and Majestic Jazz ]
      [ Guy Lombardo Orch. Dir. by Rich Szabo ]
      [ Dennis Mackrel * The Manhattan Symphony Jazz Orch. ]
      [ Kit McClure Band ]
      [ Tim Ouimette Big Band ]
      [ Stan Rubin Orch. ]
      [ The Seville Orch. ]
      [ Steven Scott Orchestra ]
      [ Rich Szabo Orchestra ]
      [ Throwback ]
      [ Sam Ulano and the Bourbon Street Swing Orch. ]
      [ Scott Wenzel and the Reddy Valentino Orch. ]
      [ Kenny Vance and The Planotones ]
      [ Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod ]
      [ Scott Whitfield Jazz Orch. ]
      [ Whitley and The Hard Times Band ]
      [ Ari Zucker Trio ]
   Poughkeepsie area:
      [ Dave Cole and 'The Big Band Sound' ]
   Rochester - Fairport area:
      [ Greater Rochester Jazz Orch. ]
      [ Greece Jazz Band ]
      [ Gap Mangione: The Big Band ]
      [ Nostalgic Reunion Jazz Ensemble ]
      [ Nate Rawls Orchestra and Band ]
    Rockland County -Haverstraw area:
      [ Reflections Swing and Jazz Band ]
    Schenectady - Saratoga - Saratoga Springs etc. area:
      Please see the "Capital Region" above.
    Syracuse - Onondaga area:
      [ Salt City Jazz Collective ]
    Utica - Rome area:
      [ Black End Blue ]
   Westchester County, Greenburgh, Newburgh, Beacon, etc area: (Including New York City and Connecticut)
      [ Bosco And The Storm ]

North Carolina Please note. These bands often tour, So. Car., and VA / West Va.
   Asheboro area:
      [ Swing On ! ]
   Chapel Hill area:
      [ Terry Tickle and his Swing City Big Band ]
   Charlotte area: (including Cornelius, etc)
      [ Blue Chip Jazz Band ]
      [ Pryme Time ]
   Fayetteville - Ft Bragg area:
      [ Messengers of New Faith, The ]
      [ "Reminiscence" (A Trio) ]
   Greensboro area:
      [ Page Howell and The Velvetones ]
   Hendersonville area:
      [ Buddy-K Big Band ]
      [ Russ Wilson and His Nouveau-Passe Orch. ]
   Monroe area:
      [ Reflection Big Band ]
   Raleigh - Durham area:
      [ Atlantic Jazz Orch., The ]
      [ Blues In The Night Jazz Orch. ]
      [ Larry Carringer - A Solo Show ]
      [ Casablanca Orch., The ]
      [ NC Revelers Orchestra ]
      [ Raleigh Jazz Orch. ]
      [ "Reminiscence" (A Trio) ]
   Rocky Mount area:
      [ Bo Thorpe & His Orch. ]
   Wilmington area:
      [ Wilmington Big Band ]
   Winston-Salem area:

North Dakota
Curruently No Entries.

Ohio Please note. Many Ohio bands often tour, Indiana., PA, / KY, / and VA
   Akron area:
      [ The Dave Banks Big Band ]
   Canton area:
      [ The Bodkin Big Band ]
   Cincinnati area:
      [ Abominable Big Band ]
      [ Gordon Brisker Big Band ]
      [ Pat Emmett Orch. ]
      [ Monday Night Big Band ]
      [ Pavilion Music Company Big Band ]
      [ Swingtime Big Band ]
   Cleveland area: (see also Kentucky )
      [ CJO (Cleveland Jazz Orch.) ]
      [ The Hot Jazz 7 ]
      [ Hudson Jazz Project ]
      [ Prime Time Big Band ]
      [ Sophisticated Swing ]
      [ Dan Zola Orch. ]
   Columbus area:
      [ 3-Wheel Drive ]
      [ The 4 Mints ]
      [ Cyndi Black Big Band ]
      [ In Full Swing Big Band ]
      [ Steve Samuelson Big Band ]
      [ The Four Mints ]
      [ Ten Men Down ]
   Dayton - Miami Valley/Springfield etc.area:
      [ Tom Daugherty Orchestra ]
      [ Family Tree Dulcimer Band ]
      [ Bob Gray Orchestra ]
      [ The Hauer Big Band ]
      [ Kim Kelly Big Band ]
      [ Johnny Mack Super Big Band ]
      [ Swing Era ]
   Findlay area:
      [ Stan Sterner Big Band ]
   Lakewood area:
      [ Travelin' Troubadours of Ohio ]
   Madison area:
      [ Madison Jazz Project ]
   Marietta area:
      [ Doug Hess Orch. ]
   Toledo area:
      [ Johnny Knorr Orch. ]
      [ Mighty Meaty Swing Kings ]
      [ Night Session Big Band ]
      [ Runyan / Jay Orch. ]
      [ Swingmania ]
   Vermilion area:
      [ Black Tie Big Band ]
      [ Windjammer Big Band ]
   Youngstown area: (including Warren - Bristolville, Nearby Pennsylvania, etc.)
      [ Don Burns Orch. ]
      [ SoulsationsBand ]
   Xenia area:
      [ Ray Foster Nostalgia Orch. ]

Oklahoma
   Oklahoma City area:
      [ The John Moak Orch. ]
      [ Talk of the Town ]
   Tulsa City area:
      [ John T. Wills and The Sons of Swing ]


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