Veteran Washington D.C. band leader Craig Gildner is teaming up with an all-star band of musicians from D.C. and North Carolina for a tribute on Friday night to the slow (and sometimes fast!) swinging music of small groups during the swing era, including Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, and Count Basie.

Craig Gildner is a D.C. jazz fixture who has organized bands and performed at swing dances for two decades.

Scott Silbert is a mainstay in Washington D.C. jazz music, with his career as an arranger and his work as a featured soloist in groups such as the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. For the past 4 years, he has helmed a big band on the Saturday night spot of the DC Lindy Exchange to sell-out crowds. They will perform a wide array of slow (and fast!) swinging big band music specifically curated for this event.