For the past eight years or so, my big band has held a holiday get together and performance at the musician’s union on 48th Street.  This year there will be no party at the stark union hall because of serendipitous timing.  Instead of sipping wine in a plastic cup under fluorescent lights, I invite you instead to join us [...]

Blue Nitrous will be at Sweet Rhythm on Wednesday, September 27th!!  We will be playing at 8 and 10 pm.  Please call 212-255-3626 right now and make a reservation.

Wednesday May 31st exceeded my wildest expectations.  The week before we had a really great rehearsal and I felt confident that it would go well.  What I learned was that with a fantastic live audience cheering us on, the band played better than I had ever heard them!  We filled the room with sound, but [...]

The Peter Silver Big Band Blue Nitrous will be making their debut jazz club appearance on
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

This is your chance to hear one of New York City’s best kept secrets - Dr. Silver’s 17 piece big band that has been playing together every week for over 10 years, but only a select group of jazz lovers have had the opportunity to be thrilled by them. Our special guest for the evening will be a wonderful singer/actress Stacy Brass!

Sweet Rhythm
88 Seventh Avenue South
between Grove and Bleecker Streets
www.sweetrhythmny.com

Unfortunately, the club has limited seating, so if don’t want to miss this special event, you must call 212-255-3626 now and make a reservation for the 8 pm or 10 pm set

There is a $15 cover charge and a $10 minimum, which can be applied to food and/or drinks.

Back over a decade ago, when I had the opportunity to form this group, I was inundated with different concepts from a wide variety of sources. Perhaps the most unique was to put together a group like this one seen to the right. Fortunately, I didn’t listen to those suggestions and went ahead to put [...]

Many big band leaders take the trombone section for granted I have been told, unless the leader was a bone player!  Usually they are shoved in the middle of the band, with the trumpets blasting in their ears and the saxes screaming at them from the front.  No wonder many of them wear ear plugs while [...]