About
KGB is a big band for hire in Nuriootpa, SA.
Eighteen pieces plus vocalists is a lot of band, and that's the point. Formed in 1998, KGB Big Band works out of the Barossa and plays across South Australia for weddings, corporate nights, milestone birthdays and anything else with a dance floor. The book is broad: swing and standards like Moonlight Serenade and My Funny Valentine, Latin through Girl From Ipanema and Black Magic Woman, funk with Superstition and Chameleon, and pop and rock from Here Comes The Sun to Route 66. The players are drawn from Adelaide's jazz scene. You'll need a decent stage, roughly 4 by 8 metres, two power outlets and an hour to set up beforehand. The band carries public liability insurance.
The show
Big band music played by people who do it for a living. The players are working jazz musicians out of Adelaide, and with eighteen of them plus singers on the stand the sound is full and tight. This isn't background music. It's a dance night in the older sense, where the floor fills early and swing gives the room a bit of glamour it wouldn't otherwise have. Expect a polished show from the first count in to the last chord.
On the day
Eighteen pieces need room. The stage area should be no smaller than 4 by 8 metres, with two 240 volt power outlets reachable from it. Five chairs without arms are needed on stage. The band also asks for a separate area to warm up and take breaks in, and car parking near the venue, since there's a lot of gear coming out of a lot of cars. Allow an hour on site before the event to set up, and 45 minutes afterwards to pack down.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
102 songs
BALLADS
Saving All My Love For You
Embraceable You
Round Midnight
Li’l Darling
Moonlight Serenade
My Funny Valentine
Night and Day *
Summerwind *
When I Fall In Love
Moonlight In Vermont
Hello *
FUNK
I Wish
Chameleon
Superstition
September
There’s Only So Much Oil in The Ground
LATIN
Nancy With The Laughing Face
Samba Ti Kaye
Evil Ways
Black Magic Woman
Girl From Ipanema *