User:St. Jimmy Jammy/The 8-Bit Big Band
The 8-Bit Big Band | |
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| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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| Members | See "Band members" |
| Website | www |
The 8-Bit Big Band is an American video game cover orchestra that formed to celebrate and realize some of the best musical themes written from various video games from all consoles. The members of the 8-Bit Big Band come from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City, and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers, all gamers at heart who enjoy playing their favorite games of all time. In May 2018 they released their first album "Press Start!" which features the music of the Super Mario series, The Legend of Zelda series, Goemon, F-Zero, and Final Fantasy, it is the result of the talents of almost 50 incredible performers and artists.
Band members
[edit]- Alto Saxes/Flutes - Andrew Gould, Josh Plotner
- Tenor Saxes/Clarinets - Sam Dillon, Zac Zinger, Steve Kortyka
- Bari Sax/Bass Clarinet - Andrew Gutauskas, John DiSanto, Adison Evans
- Trumpets - Bryan Davis (ld), John Lake, David Neves, Max Boiko, Danny Jonokuchi, Benny Benack III, Chloe Rowlands, Jami Dauber
- Trombones - Rob Edwards, Alex Jeun, Jimmy O'Connell, Mariel Bildsten, Rebecca Patterson, Ron Wilkins, Javier Nero, Nick Grinder
- Guitar - Charlie Rosen, Alex Wintz
- Piano - Steven Feifke, Natalie Tenenbaum
- Bass - Charlie Rosen, Matt Clohesy
- Drums - Jared Shonig, Bryan Carter
- Harp - Lianne Cline
- Violins - Katie Kresek, Kevin Kuh, Fredrique Gnaman, Kiku Enomoto, Will Marshall, Ellie Goodman, Jinty McTavish, Tomoko Akaboshi, Erica Swindel, Erikka Walsh, Audrey Hayes, Gabe Valle, Meitar Forkosh, Sabrina Tabby, Daniel Constant, Josh Henderson, Francesca Dardani, Sita Chay, Tiffany Weiss, Lavinia Pavlish, Kiku Enomoto, Frederique Gnaman
- Violas - Pat Page, Elise Frawley, Brian Thompson, Kenny Wang, Rita Andrade, Laura Sacks, Tia Fuller, Jarvis Benson, Sarah Greene
- Cellos - Susan Mandel, Kristine Kruta, Alon Bisk, Sasha Ono, Genevieve Tabby, Susan Mandel, Marta Bagratuni
- Double Bass - Max Jacob, David Tennenbaum, Joe Wallace
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Press Start! (2018)
- Choose Your Character! (2018)
- Backwards Compatible (2021)
Extended plays
[edit]- The K.K. Sessions (Animal Crossing) (2020)
Singles
[edit]- Two Player Game (2018)
- Lifelight: Virtual Community Orchestra (2020)
References
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