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David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original arrangement of On The Alamo at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing: Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

The American Experiment  11/25/19 Last week I was horrified to read that the Senate approved a judgeship for a man who wrote a paper denouncing the American melting pot ideal. He forcefully asserted that any country with a heterogeneous population is destined to failure, and that only countries with homogeneous populations can thrive. I guess he was absent from school when his history teachers taught about the 20th Century, aka the American Century.   The people of France gave us the Statue of Liberty to light the way for immigrants to come and revitalize our nation every generation. That process...

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original arrangement of Oh! You Beautiful Doll at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing: Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original arrangement of Blue Danube at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing: Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original arrangement of Indian Summer at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing: Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.