What song skyrocketed Artie Shaw and his big band to fame and popularity?  Why “Begin the Beguine” of course.  Here is our tribute to this Swing Era great.

Can you believe it?  Our YouTube audience’s all time favorite Westside Sound video is a polka video, “Polka Madness.”  So here it is again in a re-edited and re-energized form.  So let it pump you up – if you like.

Judy Garland made this song famous – “You Made Me Love You.”  This re-edited edition also includes two other highlights:

• The lively “The Opener,”
• and Sammy Nestico’s “Groovin’ Easy.”

One of our most popular video, refreshed, and re-edited.  Video has four highlights from our performances, including:

* Jazz standard “Birdland,”
* Glenn Miller’s “St. Louis Blues March,”
* Latin flavored “Temptation,”
* and Harry James’ “Two O’Clock Jump.”

With our best wishes for a great holiday season, Westside Sound just released a video of the classic 1934 hit “Winter Wonderland.”

We are an exciting swing Big Band that performs classic dance-band favorites made famous by such great groups as Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, as well as 50s rock ‘n roll. We play for public events, wedding receptions, dinners, church functions, charity benefits and senior facilities. Continue reading →

You can still get a taste of what classic big band tunes sound like, by checking out this video.

Check out these highlights at Piano Source‘s performance space – “Pennsylvania Polka,” and the “Beer Barrel Polka.”

Once a year, the Wild West rides again here in Albuquerque.  This is from our Western Night celebration in our rendition of Hank William’s country classic “Your Cheatin’ Heart.”  ENJOY.

This video includes Judy Garland’s “You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It),” the lively “The Opener,” and Sammy Nestico’s “Groovin’ Easy.”