Jazz Kicks Band to Play 'The Great American Songbook Vol. 2'

The Jazz Kicks Big Band will play selections from “The Great American Song Book Vol. 2” on Tuesday, March 29.  The concert at the Performance Hall on the Utah State University Logan campus starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and free for all students. 

The Kicks Band is led by Larry Smith, former director of jazz studies at USU, and its members include USU faculty members and northern Utah’s best jazz musicians.

Featured selections include “I Can’t Stop Loving You” as played by the Count Basie orchestra, “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” as recorded by the Stan Kenton orchestra and Jelly Roll Morton’s “King Porter Stomp” as performed by Benny Goodman’s band. Other numbers to be performed include George Gershwin’s “‘S Wonderful”, Cole Porter’s “I Love You,” Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” and Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz.” 

For the concert, Smith has arranged “There Will Never Be Another You” and “Gone With The Wind.”  Monica Fronk will sing “The Midnight Sun” and “Route 66.”

The Jazz Kicks Band performs every September in the popular “Celebrate America Show” and played for many years as the “Sunburst Club Orchestra.”

The program includes driving up tempo flag wavers and lush romantic ballads; the best of big band jazz. 

Contact: Larry Smith, larrysmith36@comcast.net