Little Big Band Atlanta
“Little” Big Band Atlanta is a unique and intimate taste of yester-year. A half-sized Big Band, this 10-piece group is led by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Rick Harris. “Little” Big Band Atlanta will have you wishing for Casablanca and days gone by. This live “Little” Big Band is the perfect choice for an intimate evening of elegant music, whether a wedding, jazz club, cafe, restaurant or evening of private celebration.
“Little” Big Band Atlanta lends a personal, warm and heart-felt vibe to an evening focused on listening, talking, dancing, dining – all with a tasteful and refined aesthetic. Live Big Band Music has never felt so stylish and smart. This band is unique among the best live bands in Metro Atlanta and the Southestern United States.
Rick Harris is known for his nationally-acclaimed quartet Mad Romance. An award-winning vocalist and arranger, Rick plays piano, trumpet, sax, percussion and strings. Check out LBBA’s Partial Song List below – but please keep in mind it’s just a small sample!
For all the details related to “Little” Big Band Atlanta’s live music shows, please see our Partial Song List and our Gig Specs below. Please do share this information with your event planner and your event venue. In addition to this smaller live Big Band music option, we are thrilled to let you know we have R&B Music, Big Band Music and Jazz Combo music options – all right here.
“Little” Big Band Atlanta plays a classic, elegant show and is a great alternative for smaller spaces and smaller budgets looking for a live Big Band Music sound. While we are all about the music, we pride ourselves on being easy to work with and making your event all about you. If you’ve got an event, we’ve got the music. Let’s gig!
RAO JAZZ, led by R. Alan Olson, is a staple on the metro Atlanta music scene and your one-stop shop for all of your live music entertainment!
Song List
Standards
A Foggy Day Frank Sinatra/Riddle
A String of Pearls Glenn Miller Orchestra/Gray
All of me Count Basie Orchestra/Byers
Almost Like Being in Love Frederick Loewe/Niehaus
Alright Okay You Win Peggy Lee/Nestico
Blue Moon Rodgers & Hart/Wolpe
Blue Skies Irving Berlin/Holmes
Body and Soul Johnny Green/Paich
But Not For Me George & Ira Gershwin/Vaughn
C Jam Blues Duke Ellington/Wolpe
Come Fly With Me Michael Buble/Amy
Come Rain or Come Shine Mercer & Arlen/Nowak
East of the Sun Brooks Bowman/Rickard
Easy to Love Cole Porter/Nestico
Everyday Diane Schuur & Count Basie/Ojeda
Fever Ray Charles & Natalie Cole/Reed
Fly Me to The Moon Frank Sinatra/Nestico
Four Miles Davis/Maiden
Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael/Wolpe
Here’s That Rainy Day Stan Kenton Orchestra/Barton
How Insensitive Antonio Carlos Jobim/Osser
I Get A Kick Out of You Frank Sinatra/Neil Hefti
I’ve Got a Crush on You Frank Sinatra/Page
I’ve Got the World on a String Koehler & Arlen/Wolpe
I’ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra/Riddle
In a Mellow Tone Duke Ellington/Rickard
In the Mood Glenn Miller Orchestra/Grey
It Had to Be You Frank Sinatra/Burley
It’s Only a Paper Moon Frank Sinatra/Sorensen
Jump, Jive an’ Wail Louis Prima/Norman
Leap Frog Les Brown/Garland
Mambo Inn Sampson, Woodlen, & Bauza/Sampson
Mas Blues Oscar Hernandez/Hernandez
Moondance Michael Buble/Phillippe
Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller Orchestra/Mintzer
My Funny Valentine Rodgers & Hart/Wolpe
My Girl Smoky Robinson/Rickard
My Kind of Town Frank Sinatra/Riddle
My Old Flame Coslow & Johnston/Newsome
My Romance Felix Bernard/Rickard
New York, New York Frank Sinatra/Harpin
Orange Colored Sky DeLugg & Stein/Holmes
Our Love Is Here to Stay George & Ira Gershwin/Wolpe
Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima/Hest
Skylark Mercer & Arlen/Nowak
Someone to Watch Over Me George & Ira Gershwin/Wolpe
Song for My Father Horace Silver/Weiskopf
Splanky Neal Hefti/Nestico
Stardust Hoagy Carmichael/Nestico
Stompin’ at the Savoy Benny Goodman/Hest
Summertime George & Ira Gershwin/Wolpe
Summerwind Frank Sinatra/Riddle
Sweet Georgia Brown Bernie, Pinkard, & Casey/Taylor
Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson/Rickard
Sweet Lorraine Burwell & Parish/Wolpe
That Old Black Magic Mercer & Arlen/May
That Old Devil Moon Burton Lane/Rickard
The Girl From Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim/Holmes
The Lady Is a Tramp Rodgers & Hart/Wolpe
The Nearness of You Hoagy Carmichael/Rickard
The Preacher Horace Silver/Nowak
The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra/Riddle
To Keep My Love Alive Rodgers & Hart/Rickard
Tuxedo Junction Glenn Miller Orchestra/Lowden
Unforgettable Nat King Cole/London Orchestrations
Vienna The Rippingtons/Rickard
When Sunny Gets Blue Segal & Fisher/Nowak
Woodchoppers’ Ball Woody Herman Big Band/Carubia
You Make Me Feel So Young Frank Sinatra/Riddle
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To Cole Porter/Holt
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You Morgan, Stock, & Cavanaugh/Wolpe
Rick Harris Arrangements
A Little Taste Rick Harris/Harris
Aim Low Rick Harris/Harris
Blues for DJ Rick Harris/Harris
Call Me Irresponsible Van Heusen & Cahn/Harris
Change Partners (cha cha) Irving Berlin/Harris
Como Fue Jose Duarte/Harris
Daahoud (mambo) Clifford Brown/Harris
Easy to Love (cha cha) Cole Porter/Harris
Honey Hush Eddie Cole/Harris
How Long Has This Been Going On (mambo) George & Ira Gershwin/Harris
I Concentrate on You (mambo) Cole Porter/Harris
I Dream of Genie (TV theme- mambo) Hugo Montenegro/Harris
I Get a Kick Out of You Cole Porter/Harris
I Know You Oh, So Well Brown & Previn/Harris
I’m Old Fashioned Kern & Mercer/Harris
I’m Happy Just to Dance With You (cha cha) Lennon & McCartney/Harris
In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington/Harris
Let Yourself Go Irving Berlin/Harris
More Than You Know Youmans, Rose & Eliscu/Harris
My Funny Valentine (Funky) Rodgers & Hart/Harris
Nothin’ but a Good Thing Rick Harris/Harris
On the Sunny Side of the Street (mambo) McHugh & Fields/Harris
Pick Yourself Up Kern & Fields/Harris
Ridin’ High Cole Porter/Harris
Samba de Esperanza Rick Harris/Harris
Shiny Stockings Frank Foster/Harris
Star Trek (samba) Alexander Courage/Harris
Teach Me Tonight De Paul & Cahn/Harris
The Look of Love Bacharach & David/Harris
The Thrill is Gone (cha cha) Hawkins & Darnell/Harris
Waltz for Felix Rick Harris/Harris
Without a Song Youmans, Rose & Eliscu/Harris
Yesterdays Kern & Harbach/Harris