St. Louis Blues March - Tex Beneke
Armed Forces Medley - Joey Thomas Big Band
I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James with Helen Forrest
It's Been A Long, Long, Time - Harry James with Kitty Kallen
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
A Sinner Kissed an Angel - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
String of Pearls - Glen Miller
Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee
Brazil - Xaiver Cughate
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Glen Miller with Ray Eberly
You'll Never Know - Harry James with Dick Haymes
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrew Sisters
I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Harry James with Helen Forrest
In The Mood - Glen Miller
Day By Day - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
All or Nothing At All - Harry James with Frank Sinatra
And The Angels Sing - Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton
The Good Earth - Woody Herman
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glen Miller
The White Cliffs of Dover - Jimmy Dorsey
My Buddy - Glen Miller
God Bless America - Kate Smith
I'll Be Seeing You - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
Tuxedo Junction - Glen Miller
We'll Get It - Tommy Dorsey
Stompin' at The Savoy - Benny Goodman
Trumpet Blues Cantabile - Harry James
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
I Said No - Alvino Rey / Marilyn King
Kalamazoo - Glen Miller
Elmer's Tune - Glen Miller
American Patrol - Glen Miller
Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
Contrasts - Jimmy Dorsey
Stardust - Artie Shaw
Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw
Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glen Miller
Bie Mir Bist Du Schon - Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton with Anita O' Day
Cherokee - Charlie Barnett

Review by: nydancescene.com

Joey Thomas Big Band Plays In State

Big Band Opens at Relocated Comedy Works

It was not a funny show this time at Albany's Comedy Works, it was just fun.

The Joey Thomas Big Band attracted a good crowd for its first performance at The Comedy Works' State Room. It seems the band may have found a new venue that is a good match with the band's music. That is how it used to be when they played at The Crooked Lake House---host to many visiting big name big bands back in the 30s and 40s. This new venue is a beautifully renovated ballroom in the former De Witt Clinton Hotel.

The Comedy Works (www.thecomedyworks.com) has been a Capital Region mainstay for twenty one years. It has relocated to its new and extensively renovated quarters in the De Witt Clinton Building at Eagle and State Streets, Albany. The state Room is beautiful and evokes the era of many of the JTBB's tunes. That could not have been more so than this day when they were performing their Big Band Treasures of World War Two.

The Band's performance was one of its best. Vocalist Bob Father did a super job. Mia Sciroco's vocal contributions are sidelined due to laryngitis. The rooms acoustics work well for the band, the dance floor is excellent. The band sounded terrific.

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