They’re bad and they’re big.
The Baddest Big Band, hailing from London, Ont. will take the stage of St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham for the ninth concert of the Performing Arts at St. Andrew’s 2024-2025 season on May 10.
The band will perform classic and big band music in a program titled “Baise Meets Beatles.”
The Baddest Big Band was established in 2022 as an opportunity to bring together some of the finest jazz musicians in the area to perform both classic and contemporary big band music. The founding goal of bandleader Seth McNeil was to create an ensemble capable of interpreting the diverse musical offerings that fall under the umbrella of the big band from 1940s and 1950s, to swing, to the innovations of Stan Kenton and Count Basie Bands of the 1960s, through to the modern LA-sound of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
All are welcome. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets ($30) can be obtained from St. Andrew’s church office or online at www.standrewschatham.org/tickets in advance or at the door.
All proceeds go to support the music program at St. Andrew’s.
