Our numbers have grown steadily, but we still welcome more players. If you fancy playing in a live big band, then please get in touch. You're more than welcome to come along to see how you get on. We'd suggest somewhere around grade 5 standard as a minimum. We try to practice a variety of music to keep everyone happy, so sometimes we're a jazz band and sometimes a swing band. I sneaked some extra phrases in there for those pesky search engines.

Our practices are kept in order by our band leader and trombone maestro, Marcus Reynolds, on Monday evenings in Uppingham, after which we retire to one of the local pubs. For non-locals, Uppingham is in the county of Rutland, roughly equidistant between Leicester, Nottingham and Peterborough. To further help the search engines, the big band can play in Stamford, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

What instrument should I be able to play?

The music we play generally calls for people to play a trombone, trumpet, saxophone, bass, keyboard or drums, with occasional clarinet bits. If you play any of these then there's no harm in getting in touch, but we are usually  more interested in some instruments than others.