Saturday February the 10th from 8:00 - 11:00pm.

Back by popular demand, the return of the PBSFM Jazz at The Edge-Valentines Swing Jazz Concert. Join 22 piece swing jazz big band The Moovin and Groovin Orchestra for one of their rare live performances at Federation Squares BMW EDGE for a Valentines celebration to remember.

Featured also on the night will be a spectacular dance performance by award winning dancers Swing Patrol.

The Moovin' & Groovin' Orchestra will present three extended sets of exciting big band swing including new charts especially arranged for the PBS-FM Jazz At The Edge, "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" concert.

The band will also feature three oustanding vocalists, the multi-award winning Michelle Nicolle, Julie O'Hara and David Williamson.

The dance floor will be open to Valentines and lovers of big band swing alike to dance the night away.

This is an all ages event and there will be refreshments available, including a bar service.

Tickets $25 and $15 for PBS-FM Subscribers. Tickets available online thru Eventix, and on the night at the door. Profits from Jazz At The Edge to benefit PBS-FM.

ABOUT THE MOOVIN' & GROOVIN' ORCHESTRA
The MGO has been doing it's thing for over 12 years now. As the name suggests, the band tackles its repertoire with vigour and enthusiasm, be it in a dance hall, concert hall or outdoor festival stage.

IT'S BIG !
The MGO has 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 saxophones (doubling on flute, clarinets and oboe), piano, guitar, double bass drums and percussion, vocalists, conductor, sound mixer and from time to time, even a 12-piece string section.

WHAT DO THEY PLAY ?
The repertoire is extensive, over 250 arrangements, all written "in house", so, even if tackling an old favourite, it's not a "cover" you'll be hearing, but the "MGO" version.

The band has dug deeply into the legacies of Duke Ellington, Count Basie (swing music), Machito, Tito Puente and Dizzy Gillespie (latin american music), Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and all the great "standard" songwriters (Hollywood/Broadway), Ray Charles (soul / rhythm & blues), contemporary sounds and also has a growing list of original compositions.

WHERE HAVE THEY PLAYED ?
Concerts
"Salute to the Duke", Melbourne Concert Hall 1995
"Porgy & Bess, A Labour of Love", Iwaki Auditorium, 2001 and at Morning Melodies - Melbourne Concert Hall March 2003. Zoo Twilight Concerts - a regular for the MGO for 10 years now.

Festivals & Big Occasions
The Melbourne International Festival (street stages 4 or 5 years) - Fringe Festival, Brunswick St. Montsalvat Jazz Festival - Wangaratta Jazz Festival - Peaches & Cream Festival, Cobram - 1999 Nunawading Australia Day Festival - 1999-2001 Port Melbourne Festival - Williamstown Festival - Melbourne Fashion Festival - AFL Centenary Ball - MCG Curtain-raiser for Bledisloe Cup, MCG 1997 - Melbourne Theatre Company 50th Anniversary Ball, Grand Hyatt Hotel May 2003.

Pubs & Clubs
The Cafe Hotel, North Melbourne - The
Esplanade Hotel, St. Kilda -
The Ritz Hotel, St. Kilda - The Continental Cafe,
Prahran - The Stage, Fitzroy - The Odeon,
MelbourneCasino -The Big Ticket, Adelaide -
The Night Cat, Fitzroy - The Forum Theatre,
Melbourne - The Melbourne Club.
the Moovin' & Groovin' Orchestra

RECORDINGS
1991 "Moovin' & Groovin' Orchestra"
1993 "Doodlin'"
1997 "Big Bands Are Back"
1998 "I've Never Been To Cuba"
2003 "Catfish Row" MGO plays Porgy & Bess
2003 Recording of song "You've Got That Special Thing" for coming Melbourne film "JOSH JARMAN"

TV APPEARANCES
ABC "The Late Show" D Generation - 1994 HSV 7 "Full Frontal" 1995 ABC "Kate Ceberano & Friends" Channel 10 "Good Morning Australia" with Bert Newton. ABC "The Arts Program" with Andrea Stretton, 2000

WHO'S IN THE BAND
Trumpets
Greg Spence - Vinnie Burke - Toby Mak - Paul Dooley - Scott Baker
Trombones
Ian Bell - Marc Matthews - Simon Scerri
Saxes
Ken Schroder - James Bradley - Cheryl Clark - Paul Van Ross - Paul Williamson
Rhythm Section
David Allardice - piano Pierre Jaquinot /Sam Lemann - guitar Andy Price- double -bass - Andrew Swann - drums Michael Kontochristos - congas - Denis Close - percussion
Vocalists
Rebecca Barnard - Shelley Scown - Andrew Swann - Nichaud Fitzgibbon - Tanya Lee Davies - Michelle Nicole - David Williamson
Arrangers
Ken Schroder - Gavin Cornish - Sam Lemann - Vinnie Burke
Conductor
Gavin Cornish
Sound Engineer
Cameron Paine