Bohemia Big Band: Tribute to Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman...

Name: Bohemia Big Band: Tribute to Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman...
Start: 2026-08-21T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-21T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Reduta Jazz Club

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 · 19:00

Reduta Jazz Club, Prague

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Bohemia Big Band performs a tribute to swing legends - Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman. The concert takes place at Reduta Jazz Club in Prague.

About the venue: Reduta Jazz Club

Reduta Jazz Club is the oldest jazz club in Prague, opened in 1957 on Národní street near the National Theatre. It gained worldwide fame when U.S. President Bill Clinton played saxophone here during a jam session in 1994. The programme features jazz, swing, Dixieland, blues, funk, soul and big band shows; the club has repeatedly been named among the Top 10 jazz clubs in Europe by The Guardian.

Národní 20, 110 00 Praha 1 Get directions

About: Duke Ellington

From 1924 until his death, Ellington fronted his big band through more than twenty thousand performances across the globe. Pieces like "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," and "Take the A Train" have long since entered the permanent jazz canon.

1.9M

monthly listeners on Spotify

2000+

composed songs

20000+

concerts performed during career

Grammy Awards

What's new

2025-09
In September 2025, an annual memorial celebration was held in New York at the statue of Duke Ellington, organized by Duke Ellington Center for the Arts and American Tap Dance Foundation.
2024-10
In October 2024, USC Thornton School of Music organized a tribute to the 125th anniversary of Ellington's birth titled "Rockin' in Rhythm: Re-Imagining the Legacy of Duke Ellington".
2024
In the 2023-2024 season, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. commemorated Ellington's 125th birthday with season-long celebrations throughout the institution.

Tracks

Mood Indigoone of Ellington's most famous compositions, first recorded in 1930

Take the A Trainunofficial anthem of the orchestra, composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1941

Sophisticated Ladyjazz standard from 1933, today part of the world repertoire

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)breakthrough swing composition from 1931 that foreshadowed an entire era

In a Sentimental Moodlyrical ballad from 1935, also made famous by a recording with John Coltrane (1963)

Recent shows

Jun 27, 1981 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton (US)
Mar 10, 1971 U.N. General Assembly Hall, New York (US)
Aug 17, 1969 Downing Stadium, New York (US)

About: Glenn Miller

The Glenn Miller Orchestra - the swing era institution behind In the Mood and Chattanooga Choo Choo - has kept the big band flame alive since 1956 and returns to Europe in 2025/2026 with its new programme Swing Forever.

singles at #1 in the hit parade (1939-1942)

singles in top 10 over four years of career

5200+

concerts of the European orchestra conducted by Wil Salden

1956

year of orchestra restoration - has been playing continuously since that year

What's new

2025-05
The Glenn Miller European Orchestra opened the 2025/2026 season with a new program Swing Forever under the direction of new chief conductor Ulli Plettendorff, who replaced Wil Salden after more than 40 years and over 5,200 concerts.
2025-05
The orchestra announced an extensive European tour 2025/2026 covering Italy, Malta, Poland, the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic.
2025-04
The orchestra performed at the international jazz festival in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) as part of International Jazz Day on April 30, 2025 before a sold-out hall.

Tour

Eau ClaireKansas CityLincolnNashvilleAvonPeoriaNapervilleSkokieGlensideKnoxvilleMinneapolisSacramentoEl PasoWarwickWokingDubuque

Tracks

In the MoodThe orchestra's biggest hit, 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard charts (1939)

Moonlight SerenadeMiller's most famous original composition, the theme of all his radio broadcasts

Chattanooga Choo ChooThe first gold record in the history of the music industry (1942, over 1.2 million copies sold)

Tuxedo JunctionA 1940 hit, sold 115,000 copies in the first week of release

A String of PearlsA swing standard from 1941, one of the orchestra's most frequently performed pieces

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