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DeJesus joined as saxophonist and leader in October 2017 and brought with him an emphasis on traditional swing and the blues. He hired drummer Chris Smith, bassist Doug Weiss, trumpeter Brandon Lee, and added a fourth trombonist in Ron Wilkins. These musicians joined Glenn Drewes, Tony Lustig, John
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who use the early evening sessions as a warm-up for their performances later that night. After Igoe left the band, it was directed for several years by Rob Middleton and Glenn Drewes.
157:. Tommy Igoe founded The Friday Night Big Band with musicians from a big band that was in residence at Birdland. That band was founded and directed by 161:, who died in 2006. After Igoe took over, he changed the name to Birdland Big Band and built a repertoire of contemporary compositions, original 46:
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in New York City. The Birdland Big Band is led by saxophonist David DeJesus
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The band was created in 2006 by drummer Tommy Igoe, son of jazz drummer
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Walsh, Mark Miller, Kenny Ascher, and Nathan Childers. In 2017 vocalist
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