What We Play...


The B.O.S.B.B. strives to stay true to tradition by playing the original arrangements and transcriptions of classic compositions from each of the distinct decades in big band history...from the early "jungle" styles of 1930s Cotton Club-era Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway...through the wartime classics of Glenn Miller and Bing Crosby...post-war hits from the era of the Crooners...through the Las Vegas show lounge favorites of the Rat Pack...a B.O.S.B.B. show is a walk back in time through the highlights of big band history.

Our library is stocked with close to 100 different arrangements, with recent sets including such favorites as...

  • In A Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington)
  • Tuxedo Junction (Glenn Miller)
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller)
  • It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Duke Ellington)
  • You Do Something To Me (Cole Porter)
  • The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael)
  • Riffette (Freddie Slack)
  • Big Spender (Shirley Bassey)
  • Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin/Fred Astaire)
  • Lady Is A Tramp (Frank Sinatra)
  • I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra)
  • Ain't That A Kick In The Head (Dean Martin)
  • In My Solitude (Duke Ellington)
  • Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway)
  • Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
  • P.S., I Love You (Bing Crosby)
  • The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
  • Stuff Like That There (Betty Hutton/Bette Midler)
  • Makin' Whoopee (Eddie Cantor)
  • A Tisket A Tasket (Ella Fitzgerald)
  • Cuban Sugar Mill (Freddie Slack)

How We Look And Sound...


The following videos are from our September 2007 show at Tony Starlight's. To see more, go to our YouTube page. Special thanks to our own Jon Olson and the crew from "PDXposed" for this fantastic footage!


video #1 - Deanna sings "Hey, Big Spender"


video #2 - Jon sings "Under My Skin"


video #3 - James plays "In My Solitude"

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