Put on your dance shoes and swing the night away with the 17-piece UPPER EAST SIDE BIG BAND!!!
Led under the direction Samson Trinh, this organization is made up with the finest young musicians in the capital of Virginia.
Their repertoire features the big band sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller. Listeners will also be blown away by the UPPER EAST SIDE BIG BAND's vocalists, ADRIAN DUKE and ALLYSON MILLS as they croon popular standards from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitazgerald, Ray Charles, and The Great American Songbook.
UPPER EAST SIDE BIG BAND is great for Lindy Hop events, weddings, parties, festivals, private social events, dance halls, business receptions, and many other wonderful occasions!
UPPER EAST SIDE BIG BAND is not your average Top 40 1970's cover band. They make big band music sound phenomenal. Professionalism is what listeners will always hear from this group.
PERSONNEL (depending on availability)
FOUNDER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, SAX: Samson Trinh
VOCALS: Adrian Duke, Allyson Mills
SAXES: Jason Gay, David Hood, John Lilley, Jason Mathius, Jason Scott
TRUMPETS: Dave Allam, Chaz Gregory, Mark Ingraham, Bob Miller, Rob Quallich, Marcus Tenney, Matt Wittig
TROMBONES: Ben Anderson, Pete Anderson, Dave Brogan, Reggie Chapman, Stefan Demetriadis
GUITAR: Scott Burton, Curtis Mills, Karl Morse
PIANO: Adrian Duke, Bryce McCormick
BASS: Jay Calabro, Brian Cruse, Matt Harris
DRUMS: Aaron Thompson
“Samson Trinh and the Upper East Side Big Band’s vibrant collective spirit captures the essence of the American jazz orchestra!”
Doug Richards, founder of Virginia Commonwealth University's Jazz Studies Program