GO jazz Big Band

The Santa Clarita Valley is, given its proximity to Los Angeles, a hotbed for music and musicians. A number of professional players make the Santa Clarita Valley home, and since 2011 the GO Jazz Big Band has been their launch pad. Founded by California Alliance for Jazz Hall of Fame member Bob Babko, and directed by trumpeter and educator Brian Leff since 2014, this standard big band configuration is anything but standard. Top studio players, college grads just making a name for themselves, and educators keeping their skills sharp combine to produce the roar and excitement of a pro-level group. Several members of the band run their own pro big bands, and there is a constant supply of great original music from within the band. Combined with selections from the books of the great bands—Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, etc.—fiery soloists, a charging rhythm section, and of course the horns, The GO Jazz Big Band is a local treasure playing at a world-class level.

Performing the music of:

Count Basie     Buddy Rich     Stan Kenton     Doc Severinsen     Bill Holman     Maynard Ferguson     Frank Sinatra     Pat Metheny

     Chick Corea     Stevie Wonder     The Beatles     Blood, Sweat & Tears     Chicago     Earth, Wind & Fire     Tower of Power

and many more!