Pilars Loft at Pilars Martini is proud to announce the Multi-Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring jazz vocalist, Vangie Gunn, will take us on a musical journey celebrating the holidays, Gershwin's 100th Anniversary of "Rhapsody In Blue," and more from the great American songbook. For more information: https://www.bigphatband.com/
Sunday Dec. 10 - Two show times: 3 pm and 6 pm. Doors open one hour before show for seating, drinks, and food. Please arrive early.
More about Tickets:
Artist Circle Supporters Tickets - $55 Artist Circle ticket holders have a reserved seat at a "priority" low top (LT) or select high top (HT) table as a thank you for supporting live music at Pilars.
Patron Circle Tickets - $45 Patron Circle ticket holders have a reserved seat at a "best" low top (LT) or select high top (HT) tables.
Directors Chair - $35 Directors Chair have a reserved seat at a general admission high top (HT) table. Some seats have a restricted view (RV).
"Future Generation" Musicians (Must show Student ID) - $35 Future Generation Musicians have a reserved seat at a general admission high top (HT) table. Some seats have a restricted view (RV).
Note: Tickets available via online sales only. Fees include TicketLeap online processing fees AND State of Florida Sales Tax.
Preferences for Seating: Each table has 4 seats and MAY be shared seating unless all 4-seats are available and purchesed at the same time. When purchasing tickets if the 'drop down' menu is on "Any Table" then the best LT or HT (= low top or high top table) seat(s) availabe in the price category will be chosen for you.. To choose a prefered table/seat 1) first "View Seating Chart" of the room and 2) choose the table number/price category you prefer in the drop down menu for available seats. Preferences for seating only works on laptop, mobile devices will only choose "best available" table/seat.
More about PILARS MARTINI & LOFT: Pilars Martini opened in Janurary 2013 and Pilars Loft, the newest Jazz Club & Music Venue in downtown Winter Garden, Florida, is celebrating 10-years of great Martinis, Music, Mixology and more. In August 2020 when many clubs were shuttered and muscians fourloughed, Pilars responded by expanding upstairs to a larger venue and bringing back live music and supporting local talent when many venues were dark. Now Pilars Loft is open weekly Thursday - Sundays and for special concert events in an inspiring space where local and visiting artist talent rise. Music styles include Singers Open Mic - Broadway Style, Adult Contemporary, Blues, Jazz, and Funk artists and a Sunday Jazz Jam and comedy improve night monthly. Now is the perfect time to celebrate the successful launch of Central Florida's premier Club for Jazz & Music, Drinks by Pilars Martini, Dinner by Market to Table and a date night for YOU.
More about GORDON GOODWIN'S BIG PHAT BAND:
Gordon Goodwin aspired to lead a big band from a time before he can even remember. His position at the forefront of 18-piece Big Phat Band, one of the most innovative and versatile collectives of the past thirty years, speaks reams about his seemingly limitless talents as an instrumentalist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader. “Every time we make a record or play a show, we’re trying to tap into that fundamental, universal rhythm of big band music that seems to transcend the generations,” says Goodwin. “We’ll get middle school and high school kids coming to our shows and buying our CDs, we’ll get their parents, and we’ll get their grandparents. What other kind of music has that range of demographic appeal?” By the time Gordon reached grade school, he was studying piano and saxophone, and composed his first big band chart at age 14. He soon started soaking up the lessons of artists like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich and Thad Jones. After high school he studied music at Cal State Northridge, spending his days studying orchestration and counterpoint, and his nights playing piano and sax in a rock band at a local club. After college he entered the professional world through a job playing and arranging music for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. This gig led to opportunities to compose and arrange for TV and film projects produced by Disney, Warner Brothers and others. “I was pretty diversified throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s,” he says. “I’d do a TV show here, maybe some musical theater there, then I’d go play a bar mitzvah, then I’d go on the road and conduct for Johnny Mathis.” Mathis, who once called Goodwin “a man of exquisite musical tastes,” was just the tip of the iceberg. Over the past couple decades, Goodwin has composed, arranged and/or conducted for a host of artists, including Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and Quincy Jones. On the big screen, his scoring and orchestration can be heard on dozens of films, including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Get Smart, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember the Titans, Armageddon and Gone in 60 Seconds. The gigs were steady, the work was interesting, the pay was good and the multiple Emmy awards during the period were a testament to the quality of Goodwin’s skills as a composer and arranger. But something was missing, he recalls. “At some point I started to realize that perhaps I had a little more road behind me than I have ahead of me, and maybe I should plant my flag, stake my claim, and get back to the music that got me started.” And that was when he started to get serious about putting together the group that would become the Big Phat Band. Having amassed 21 Grammy nominations, four statues and three Emmy wins, Gordon Goodwin is the most decorated big band leader in the 21st century. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band is an internationally known ensemble with a reputation as one of the most exciting large ensembles in jazz. The BPB has released nine critically acclaimed records, including Life in the Bubble, which garnered four Grammy Nominations, and won the Grammy for “Best Large Ensemble Album.” Their recent EP The Reset was released in late 2021. The Big Phat Band’s music is played all over the world, and along with Gordon’s method books and CDs, have been a robust source of inspiration and learning for thousands of young musicians. Goodwin is the host of a popular radio program called Phat Track with Gordon Goodwin, currently in its 6th year, airing weekends on KSDS 88.3.
