STAGE DOOR CANTEEN

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
THE BIG BAND SOUND
www.stagedoorcanteen.net
CREDITS, including but not limited to:
Functions
InterContinental Hotel
Boston, MA
Seacrest Resort
Falmouth, MA
Mountain Top Resort
Chittenden, VT
Wequassett Resort
Harwich, MA
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge, MA
The Cape Codder
Hyannis, MA
Warren Center
Ashland, MA
Mechanic’s Hall
Worcester, MA
Skyroom
New Bedford, MA
Canochet Beach Club
Narragansett, RI
Moody Mountain Farm
Wolfsboro, NH
Oysters Harbor Club
Osterville, MA
The Hilton
Stanford, CT
Heritage Plantation
Sandwich, MA
Harbor View Hotel
Edgartown, MA
Cpt. Linnell House
Orleans, MA
Sheraton Hotel
Boston, MA
Hyannisport Club
Hyannisport, MA
Spray Beach Inn
Beach Haven, NJ
Ocean’s Edge
Brewster, MA
Beechmoor
Buzzard’s Bay, MA
…and appearances in private homes, foundations, and businesses throughout
the Northeast
Gigs
Monthly Residence at Liam Maguire’s Irish Pub, sponsored by Guinness
Monthly Residence at Canal Club/Trowbridge Tavern
(and former steady gigs, including: The Moorings, Jailhouse Tavern, The
Dome, The Landfall, The Nimrod, Biz Street Pub, Tommy Doyle’s)
Tours and Festivals
Sugar Club
***DUBLIN, IRELAND 2007***
Bleu Note
Radisson Blu
Fitzgerald’s Nightclub
***CHICAGO, IL 2012***
Reggie’s Music Joint
Ramor Theater
Gallery Cabaret
Provincetown Jazz Festival, Falmouth Jazz Festival, POPS by the Sea
(twice as the penultimate opener for the Boston POPS), Barnstable County Fair,
ARTS ALIVE, Cotuit Arts Center, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Cape Cod Jazz
Festival, Citizen’s Bank Summer Concert Series, Bourne Scallop Festival
~ Founded in the spring of 1992 by alto saxophonist Roger Gamache, the
legendary Stage Door Canteen is no ordinary big band. For two decades, they
have brought unbridled energy and unparalleled elegance to special gatherings
and memorable events across New England… and beyond.
Long considered one of the top function bands in the region, Stage Door
Canteen prides itself on versatility as both a pulse-pounding dance band and a
top-notch concert ensemble. They have performed many hundreds of weddings
and private parties spanning the entire human spectrum, and they are fully
capable entertaining a crowd of music lovers from any stage.
At the heart of Stage Door Canteen stands a massive horn section. There is
simply something different about the big band sound. Drawing energy not from
a synthesizer or turntable, but from the wind and spirit of twelve real
musicians, there is no other experience like a great American big band; it will
awaken something primitive in your DNA, the restless spirit that drifted up the
mighty Mississippi and took hold in the servicemen who won The War.
A musical tour de force, Stage Door Canteen hits an audience with everything:
from the unmistakable jump-swing of the early big band era, to the blistering
arrangements of the latter day big bands, to horn-band standards by Chicago
EW&F and Tower of Power, to the Latin sounds of Tito Puente and the Mambo
Kings, to the fiery Celtic strains of pipes and whistles, to hip-shaking Motown,
to unbelievable reinventions of radio hits by Van Morrison and the B52s.
Stage Door Canteen is a seasoned outfit comprised of some of the most
polished professional musicians in southern New England. Members include
professors from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, veterans of the Army
and Navy bands, directors of some of the finest school band programs in
Massachusetts, and award-winning freelance musicians. Entering their third
decade together, they have entertained from high atop the Green Mountains of
Vermont to the whirling carnivals of the Jersey Shore, from the rocky coastline
of Maine to the smooth sands of the Narragansett, from the cobble-lined
riverbanks of Dublin, Ireland to the windswept sky-scape of Chicago, Illinois.
GUARANTEED to satisfy audiences from every generation, there is simply no
other band like Stage Door Canteen. Bring the big band sound to your special
event, concert, festival, or venue and nothing will ever be the same. ~
Repertoire
STAGE DOOR CANTEEN performs horn-fueled DANCE & CONCERT music
spanning the entire history of the American Recording Industry, an absolutely
incredible “one-and-only” show
from the legendary big bands of
Glen Miller, Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie,
Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich,
and all the great Jazz Singers
from Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday
to modern repertory big band
new arrangements featuring the best in contemporary jazz ensemble writing
from the music of Motown and Memphis
James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Flloyd, Etta James, Otis
Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Martha & the Vandellas, The Supremes
to Radio Gold from the 60s, 70s, and 80s
The Beatles, Blood Sweat & Tears, B52s, Chicago, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker,
Earth Wind and Fire, J. Geils Band, The Kinks, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood,
Tower of Power, U2, Van Morrison… and more!
Contact
Roger Gamache, Proprietor
[email protected]
(508) 685-9606
James Thomas, Promoter
[email protected]
(508) 246-2600
Media
www.stagedoorcanteen.net
www.facebook.com/stagedoorcanteen
www.gigmasters.com/big-band/Stage-Door-Canteen
www.gigsalad.com/stage_door_canteen_mashpee
and check us out on youtube on channel Roger Gamache