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The Blue Wisp Big Band at
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Wed, June 1, 2011
8:30pm-12am
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Stan Kenton Alum John Von Ohlen kicks this band like no one else that iI can only describe as follows: ITS ALIVE! Don't try to analyze it, just feel it.
Cammy award winner Steve Schmidt on piano and bassist MIke Sharfe drive this 17 piece band as well as anyone anywhere.
A legendary regional ensemble from Cincinnati, the Blue Wisp Big Band has, for the last thirty years, performed every Wednesday evening at the famed Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, owned and operated by Marjean Wisby until her passing in August 2006.
Having been around for a quarter of a century this big band knows how to play and does so with the same fire that has led them to record five acclaimed albums over the years. The musicians are seasoned pros with twelve of the sixteen players being original members....