The Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation has the honor of hosting the United States Air Force Liberty Big Band on March 9, 2007 at 7:00pm.  The community is invited to attend an evening full of big band jazz at The Crown Theater (fourth floor) in the Willow Bay Building located at 21 E Third Street in Jamestown.  Admission for the performance is free.  Patrons are requested to contact DJDC to reserve tickets.

Made up of 18 outstanding musicians from around the country, the Liberty Big Band takes pride in preserving the heritage of America’s true art form -- jazz. One of the few traveling big bands still around, the Liberty Big Band regularly performs for audiences throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. They have been featured at the Syracuse, Corning (NY) and Manchester (NH) Jazz Festivals and have shared the stage with artists such as Jack Jones, Maureen McGovern, and Ann Hampton Callaway at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Paying homage to the great big bands of Basie, Ellington, Kenton and Goodman the Liberty Big Band also spotlights the works of modern composers such as Maria Schneider, Mike Crotty, Sandy Megas and Brett Zvzcek.

So whether you want to walk down memory lane to the sounds of the great big band era or check out some of the new sounds of today, the United States Air Force Liberty Big Band has something for jazz lovers of all ages.