BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
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The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. The group covered Louis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail", which appeared on Prima's 1957 album The Wildest!. The BSO's follow up single was "Gettin' In the Mood."
In 1990, Setzer organized the orchestra, styled as a big band which included full sections of trumpet, trombone and saxophone players, and a rhythm section with Setzer on guitar and vocals. There is also piano, upright slap bass and drums in the band. The orchestra began playing clubs in and around Los Angeles, USA and was eventually signed to Hollywood Records. The band was notable as being the first ever big band to be led by a guitar, and Setzer has talked about how he knew at the time it was "something that had not been done before,
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