15 – 20 players, Big Band ensemble with instrumental & vocal pieces.

The Invercargill City Big Band (ICBB, formerly named The Crazy Rhythm Big Band) is a Southland music institution, with a performance profile spanning over four decades of festivals and concerts in Southland and throughout the South Island. The ICBB’s current musical director is saxophonist, clarinettist, and teacher, Emma Jarman.

Originally, the band only had a small number of arrangements in their library but it has now accumulated more than 500 charts. The band’s repertoire ranges from classic jazz numbers such as Autumn Leaves, Fly Me to the Moon, In the Mood, Summertime, and Sweet Georgia Brown; through to modern numbers arranged for Big Band, including Cantina Band, Lady Madonna, Superstition, Thriller, and Tears in Heaven.


Ideal for: prestige ball, community event, festival

A Foggy Day
A Tisket a Tasket
Accentuate the Positive
Africa
After the Lovin’
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
All of Me
All That Jazz
Almost Like Being in Love
American Patrol
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Back to Basie
Baker Street
Basic Basie
Basie Straight Ahead
Basie’s Back in Town
Bebop Sha Bam
Bernie’s Tune
Big Band Jive
Big Spender
Bill Bailey
Black Magic Woman
Blue Bossa
Blue Train
Blueberry Hill
Blues Brothers Opener
Blues to Do
Brazil
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Candyman
Cantina Band
Caravan
Chameleon
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Cheek to Cheek
Collison Course
Coppacabana
Doin’ Basie’s Thing
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Don’t Know Why
Everybody Loves Somebody
Everyday I Have the Blues
Express Lane
Eye of the Tiger
Feelin’ Good
Fever
Flight of the Foo Birds
Fly Me to the Moon
For One in My Life
Georgia (On My Mind)
Girl from Ipanema
God Bless the Child
Gold on the Ceiling
Gonna Fly Now
Groovin’ Easy
Here, There, and Everywhere
Hernando’s Hideaway
Hot Streak
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
I Got You (I Feel Good)
I’ll Take Romance
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down
I’ve Got the World on a String
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
In the Mood
It Had to Be You
It’s Only a Paper Moon
Jersey Bounce
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
Just a Gigolo
Just the Way You Are
Killer Joe
Killing Me Softly
La Bamba
La Mer
Lady Madonna
Latin Satin
Locked out of Heaven
Lollipop
Lullaby of Birdland
Mack the Knife
Meet the Flintstones
Moondance
Moonlight Serenade
New York, New York
Night Train
Omaha
On a Slow Boat to China
Opus One
Orange Coloured Sky
Over the Rainbow
Perdido
Peter Gunn
Polka dots and Moonbeams
Queen Bee
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
Rock Around the Clock
Satin Doll
Shades of Blue
Sir Duke
Sleigh Ride
Something Stupid
Stormy Weather
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Stranger on the Shore
String of Pearls
Sudden Sam
Summertime
Sunnymoon for Two
Superstition
Sway
Sweet Georgia Brown
T.J.’s Boogie
Take the ‘A’ Train
Tears in Heaven
Tequila
That Old Black Magic
The Peanut Vendor
The Pink Panther
The Preacher
The Stripper
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
Thriller
Tuxedo Junction
Uptown Girl
Wandering Eye
Watermelon Man
What a Difference a Day Makes
When You’re Smiling
Willow Weep for Me
You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You

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