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Last update: June 29, 2009
Pecos River Brass is a 20
piece big band based since 2000
in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
We perform for a
variety of
concert jazz venues and private functions and dances of
all types. We perform our own arrangements
as well as
the music from the great
Jazz Big Bands. We are
a
mainstream band with a love of melody, harmony &
rhythm.
You can see videos below and listen to
our band
mp3s at the bottom of the page.
Contact
John C. Smith
at
john@pecosriverbrass.com for booking information.
Jazz on a
Sunday Afternoon
Pecos River
Brass will be starting a new gig on July 19th, at the
Lakewood Bar & Grill
in the Lakewood Shopping Center at
6340 Gaston
in East Dallas.
They have a regular
Sunday afternoon
jazz program there and you can see other Dallas area jazz
notables
such as Chuck
Mandernach's "Them Bones" and John Wasson's 12 piece
"Stratta Big
Band," Dave Zoller, and Jack Allday's "Swing Shift"
Dixieland band among
others.
Lets home this can be a venue for PRB and others for some
time.
It is non
smoking, good food, and we'd love to see you there
for our opening. We perform from 2-5, and there is a
$5 cover.
In addition if
you can't make the Lakewood event, or just can't get enough
of us,
the following Sunday, July 26th, from 3-6 we will return to
Maple Point
Bar & Grill at 5415 Maple Avenue in Dallas.
Also a $5 cover. Lots of area
venues are looking at Sunday afternoons as a good time to
relax with jazz.
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PRB on YouTube
Bill Bailey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ZeHBLD3r8
Setzer Seltzer Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOaXGzNB24
Caravan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eDLtVNFMDA
The Preacher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I79rnxUN9LM
Richard Aulenbacher, Claude
Bolling, John C. Smith
in Paris, January 10, 2008.
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For Booking PRB, our information
package is all right here.
Personnel list, photos, song lists and booking info is all
just to
your left. Please
tell me about your event and I'll be happy
to quote a price. Prices will vary depending on date,
time and location.
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Big Band Jazz Charts
If you have a band and are interested
in charts to perform,
PRB's charts are available for purchase. In addition I have
a library of about 1500 big band arrangements primarily from
the big band revival of the late 50's on. Many are non
published
chart from the libraries of Count Basie, Woody Herman, Les
Elgart and others. I DO NOT copy currently available
published
charts, but I have many in great condition, professionally
hand copied charts unavailable anywhere else. A list of
the
library is attached to this website with a link at the upper left.
Click on Big Band Library in Excel.
If you have more questions,
email me at
john@pecosriverbrass.com.
Pecos River
Brass performed at the
Highland
Village Balloon Festival on
August 18, 2006. Long time friend
Paul Valentine took a lot of photos
and
put together a very nice slide show.
Click here to view the show.
http://albums.phanfare.com/4861271/2156664_2321116#imageID=30900159
When you get there, click on “Slide Show”
In June of 2003, PRB Played at the
Palace in Grapevine, TX. This
live performance was recorded and we finaly
have a DVD produced
of this great evening of "American Composers" and
Pecos River Brass. $20 each plus $2 shipping
will get you a copy.
Some of the tunes include Tom Kubis' "Bill
Bailey", Thad Jones'
"Mean What You Say," Quincy Jones' "Count 'Em," Eubie Blake's
"Memories Of You," Harold Arlen's "Over The Rainbow,"
and
several others...2 full sets in total.
Sign up for our email list today
to be reminded of upcoming concerts,
and CD releases and availability.
email at: john@pecosriverbrass.com
CD SALES
BRAND NEW, CD #6, Live
at Boswell HS
Over the
Rainbow, Baby Elephant Walk, Once I Loved,
Just the Way You Are, Embraceable You, All of Me,
Continental Divide, Fanfare For the Common Man,
Summertime, San Antonio Rose.
Our CD #1, "Pecos River
Blues,"
CD#2 "Where the Eagle Meets the Chief,"
CD#3 “On Track & Swinging”
CD#4 “Winter Wonderland”
CD#5 “What A Wonderful World”
are now all available for $15
plus $2 Shipping domestic USA per order.
ALSO
DVD from Live Concert June 2003 ($25)
You may order today by sending a check to
Pecos River Brass,
560 East Church Street
Lewisville, TX 75057 USA
Tunes on CD #1 “Pecos River Blues” are:
Pecos River Blues, Over The
Rainbow, Nuestra Cancion
de Amor Espanola,
Soon, ‘Til There Was You, Smore, Any Time,
Blues For Big Scotia, Someone to Watch Over Me,
I Could Write a Book, Slow Boat To
China,
Soccer Princess
Tunes
on CD #2 “Where The Eagle Meets The
Chief” are:
Chattanooga Choo Choo, Mia Puppy, Cry Me A River, East of the Sun,
Where the Eagle Meets The Chief, I Only Have Eyes For You, Perdido,
Memories of You, It Had To Be You, Stella, Embraceable You,
Setzer Seltzer Blues
Tunes on CD #3 “On Track
& Swinging” are:
Take
A Train, Don't Blame Me, Bernie's Tune,
My Romance,
Beautiful Friendship, It Could Happen To
You, Sweet Sue, No Moon At All,
I Don't Know Enough About You, Teenager,
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart,
My Buddy, Theme from MONK, & The
Blue Panther
Tunes on CD #4 of Christmas Music,
"Winter Wonderland"
Winter
Wonderland, What Child Is This?,
The Christmas Song,
Jingle Bell Rock, The Chipmunk Song, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,
Marshmallow World, Santa Baby, Rockin' Around
the Christmas Tree,
Little Drummer Boy, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,
& Santa Claus is Comin'
Tunes on CD #5 “What A Wonderful World”
Speak Low, Alice Blew Kubis,
The
Gentle Rain, Worksong For My Father,
Dream, What A Wonderful World, Emily, Just The
Way You Look Tonight,
Once I Loved, In a Sentimental Mood, Arirang,
All Or Nothing At All, Them There Eyes
Would you
like to listen to PRB?
Just click on the link and download an Mp3 to hear our
music.
We would really like to hear your
feedback
CD#5 “What A Wonderful World”.
Arirang
Emily
The Gentle Rain
Alice Blew Kubis
SOUNDS FROM #4 our CHRISTMAS CD
Winter
Wonderland
Santa
Baby (Vocal-Linda Atwell)
Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Flugel-Ken Edwards)
Marshmallow
World (Vocal-Richard Aulenbacher)
SOUNDS FROM OUR CD#3 "On Track & Swinging"
MONK
Take
A Train
I
Don’t Know Enough About You (Vocal)
FROM CD#2 Where The Eagle Meets The Chief
Where The Eagle Meets The Chief
I Only Have Eyes For You (Vocal)
SOUNDS FROM CD#1
Pecos River Blues
Over the Rainbow
Slow Boat To
China
Soccer Princess
“Jeeze I am honored! Great chart and the band sounds better than ever! You out did me. I did Alice for an organist in Sweden many years ago and put it
into my "American classics" category on my web site-you might
get a kick out of a few of these. I just started playing the trumpet (not
on this track) so I'm thrashing away on school days and a few others-keep
up the good work and say hi to the band-I wish I had the lead players
chops!”
Tom Kubis
You are cordially invited to attend
one of our coming
Scheduled Band Performances
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