Swansea Jazzland:
Beats & Pieces Big Band

The Beats & Pieces Big Band is a Manchester based band formed at the beginning of 2008 as a 14-piece ensemble for the performance of distinctive contemporary jazz. The musicians featured have previously performed with each other in a variety of different contexts, and who share a need and a desire for such an ensemble in order to focus their large ensemble playing in a way which embraces their broad musical influences.