Alexander's Jazz Time Band is an 11-piece group modeled on the hot dance bands of the 1920s and early 1930s. Our repertoire consists of jazz compositions and Tin Pan Alley tunes from the post-ragtime, pre-swing era of popular music. All the arrangements we play were written between 1923 and 1935, and we play these arrangements in a style consistent with Jazz Age performance practice.
Whether you're looking for an elegant musical backdrop for your 1920s-themed event or you seek a crowd-pleasing act for your concert series, please send us an inquiry.
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Gig length: 60 - 120 minutes
AJTB typically performs as an 11-piece unit with the following instrumentation:
3 saxophones (doubling on clarinet)
2 trumpets
trombone
tuba
violin
piano
guitar (doubling on vocals)
piano
drums (doubling on vibraphone)
We do occasionally perform without violin, but please be aware that not all of the arrangements in our repertoire sound well without at least one violin.
If no piano is available on-site, we bring our own digital piano. Our singer/guitarist and our violinist typically perform with amplification; our pianist uses an amplifier when playing on a digital piano. We have our own mics, cables, and amplifiers, but we sometimes use the house's sound equipment, depending on the venue.
FOXTROTS
After My Laughter Came Tears – arr. by Frank Skinner (1928)
After You've Gone – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1931)
Alexander's Ragtime Band – arr. by Archie Bleyer (c. 1930)
Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now – arr. by Frank Skinner (1928)
Beyond The Blue Horizon – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1930)
Birmingham Bertha – arr. by Ken Macomber (1929)
Black Maria – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1930)
Blue Skies – arr. by Ted Eastwood (1927)
Brain Storm – arr. by Joe Sanders (1926)
Dardanella – arr. by Bob Haring (1928)
Echoes of Ireland – arr. by Arthur Lange (1925)
Feelin' No Pain – arr. by Fud Livingston (1927)
Forty-Second Street – arr. by Frank Skinner (1932)
Get Lucky – arr. by Fred Huffer (1924)
Glad Rag Doll – arr. by Bob Haring (1929)
Hindustan – arr. by Frank Skinner (1928)
How About Me – arr. by Arthur Lange (1928)
If I Had a Talking Picture of You – arr. by Frank Skinner (1929)
If I Had You – arr. by Domenico Savino (1928)
I'm In Seventh Heaven – arr. by Kenn Sisson (1929)
The Lady In Red – arr. by Frank Skinner (1935)
'Leven-Thirty Saturday Night – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1930)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries – arr. by Frank Skinner (1931)
Limehouse Blues – arr. by Walter Paul (c. 1934)
Miss Annabelle Lee – arr. by Kenn Sisson (1927)
Miss Wonderful – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1929)
My Melancholy Baby – arr. by Bob Haring (1927)
Mysterious Mose – arr. by Frank Skinner (1930)
Red Hot Chicago – arr. by Samuel Grossman (1930)
Sax Appeal – arr. by Fud Livingston (1927)
River Stay 'Way From My Door – arr. by Frank Skinner (1931)
She's a Great, Great Girl – arr. by Joseph Nussbaum (1928)
Someday Sweetheart – arr. by Glenn Miller (c. 1930)
Some of These Days – arr. by Archie Bleyer (1931)
The Stampede – arr. by Frank Skinner (1926)
Star Dust – arr. by Jimmy Dale (1931)
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues – arr. by Bob Haring (1927)
We'll Have a New Home (In the Mornin') – arr. by Kenn Sisson (1927)
What Is This Thing Called Love – arr. by Frank Skinner (1929)
(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You – arr. by Nat Leslie (1931)
You Don't Like It - Not Much – arr. by Arthur Schutt (1927)
You're Driving Me Crazy – arr. by Frank Skinner (1930)
Zulu Wail – arr. by Frank Skinner (1927)
WALTZES
Alice Blue Gown – arr. by Frank Skinner (1934)
All Alone – arr. by Ted Eastwood (1924)
The Song Is Ended – arr. by Ted Eastwood (1927)
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