LA Virtual Big Band - Stay At Home Blues
Tom Kubis is an unsung hero of Los Angeles jazz. Born in Los Angeles in 1951, Kubis started a big band to play his arrangements. He has now written over 500 Big Band charts that have been performed at the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the Berkeley Jazz Festival. His big band performed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
He studied 20th century composition at Long Beach State University and worked in television with Steve Allen, Helen Reddy, Jackie Gleason, and Bob Newhart. During the 1960s, he played flute and saxophone with Louie Bellson, Pete Christlieb, Frank Rosolino, Arturo Sandoval, Jack Sheldon, and Bill Watrous.
His arrangements were featured at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C in a presentation written by Cy Coleman and Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
Just like other forms of music, you just can't keep a good Big Band down! Here is a new group, the LA Virtual Big Band playing a new chart written and arranged by Tom Kubis - it SWINGS and the performance will put a smile on your face.
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