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The 20 piece Grand Avenue Big Band under the
direction of Nick Desmond, is Chicagoland's only big band featuring their
Andrews Sisters style vocal trio: Strictly Uptown. Since 1992, the band has entertained at
hundreds of events playing the hits of the 1940's.
In November of 1995, at the close of the 50th anniversary events for WWII, Grand Avenue proudly
opened for the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Quincy, IL. With 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 piece rhythm section, a female vocal trio and 2 male vocalists, Grand Avenue has been
called-and they truly are- "a DJ’s worst nightmare."
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