Eyal Vilner Big Band

The Eyal Vilner Big Band Celebrating their new album Swingin Uptown.Eyal Vilner is one of the leading new voices in the New York and global big band scene. Born in Tel Aviv, saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, composer and bandleader Eyal moved to NYC in 2007 and started his big band the following year.The Eyal Vilner Big Band has been performing widely in New York Citys landmarks such as Lincoln Center, Works s Club, Smalls, Mintons Playhouse, Harlem Jazzmobile and Central Park SummerStage. Internationally, Eyal has performed at the Red Sea Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Museum, Jerusalem Theater; Ghent Festival, Belgium; Teatro Alameda, Spain; Thtre Plaza, Montreal, as well as Paris Jazz Roots, the historical La Bellevilloise, LeDuc des Lombards,and Caveau de la Huchette in Paris, toname a few.Swingin Uptown features 15 tracks including Vilners original compositions and his new arrangements of standards inspired by the bands exchange with the Lindy Hop andswing dance worlds.Their music, which derives from the tradition of jazz, swing and the blues, strives to bring a unique voice to this beautiful art form. The big bands first six albums: Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band, Almost Sunrise, Hanukkah, Swing Out!, Live in Washington Square Park!, and The Jam! received rave reviews and made it to the Top Jazz Radio Charts of the US and Canada.Eyals interest in the exchange between sound and movement within the jazz idiom inspired his musical journey and yielded collaborations with acclaimed dancers and choreographers. Among these projects are theater productions, dance festivals and competitions such as the International Lindy Hop Championships, Midsummer Nights Swing, and the celebrated SW!NG OUT show at the Joyce Theater (co-creator andmusical director). This show, which the New York Times has called Groundbreaking,has toured throughout the US, in venues such as the Jacobs Pillow and the LA Music Center.Website: www.EyalVilner.com