De al 40 jaar actieve, in Den Haag gevestigde West Coast Big Band haalt twee Belgische jazzgiganten naar Nederland voor het project Neighbours Meeting Colours, geïnspireerd op het album Meeting Colours van het Brussels Jazz Orchestra. Gitarist Philip Catherine tekende voor de kleurrijk gelaagde, melodische composities en trompettist Bert Joris voor de prachtige arrangementen. De […]
Winners! International Big Band Competition 2017
On Saturday, June 10, 2017, the West Coast Big Band took part in the International Big Band Competition (IBBC) in Hoofddorp. This year the band participated in the highest category, the Top Class. The competition in this class consisted of only top big bands from, amongst others, Berlin, Prague and Krakow. And we are very proud that […]
Swingin’ With The West Coast Big Band
The famous words of Duke Ellington, “It don’t mean a thing”, also apply to us. With the West Coast Big Band you can expect a swinging evening.
WCBB and the Young Voices of the Hague
We’ve been busy rehearsing with four fantastic vocalists for our upcoming concert on the 11th December. You Can find all the details on our gigs page!
New Promotional Video released!
It’s a live recording from a concert at Societeit Engels in The Hague back in June 2016. Featuring our guest vocalist Constantijn Schaap. Please let us know what you think 🙂
Beschermd: New season starts
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Winners @ The IBBC 2016
We are very proud to announce that The West Coast Big Band came away from the International Big Band Competition 2016 in Hoofddorp with the first prize in the 1st Class category. On top of this, the best soloist prize for the event went to the fantastic trumpeter Gary Kavanagh!