Mission Statement:

"Our mission is to support local schools in their music education and experiences, provide entertainment for local business and community organizations, and represent a model and opportunity for active and retired adults to pursue their musical interests."

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Event Types

  • Private Parties & Events

  • Local Business & Corporate Events

  • Local Government Events

  • Church & Charity Events

  • Community Events

  • School Events & Concerts

Music Genres & Sample Music Titles

Swing Era

  • American Patrol

  • April In Paris

  • In the Mood

  • Moon River


  • Moonlight Serenade

  • Route 66

  • String of Pearls

  • Take the "A" Train

50's-60's "Rat-Pack Era

  • Fly Me to the Moon

  • I Left My Heart in S.F.

  • Mack the Knife


  • New York, New York

  • Thanks for the Memories

  • The Way You Look Tonight

Post-Modern Jazz

  • Big Dipper

  • Fever

  • Groove Merchant


  • Killer Joe

  • Li'l Darlin'

  • Shiny Stockings

Rock and R&B

  • 25 or 6 to 4

  • God Bless the Child

  • In the Stone

  • Jump, Jive, 'n Wail


  • Moondance

  • Peg

  • Stairway to Heaven

  • Whis is Hip?

Latin & Latin Rock

  • Copacabana

  • Girl from Ipanema

  • Late in the Evening

  • Manteca


  • Mas Que Nada

  • Ouo Como Va

  • Ran Kan Kan

  • Tequila

Misc. Genres

  • Holiday Music

  • Patriotic Music

  • Polka Music


About Us

The band, originally known as The Summerset Big Band, formed in the early 2000's, and was composed of mostly retired seniors. They rehearsed at, and performed mostly for, the various facility events of the Summerset Community; they gradually added events outside of the facilities, including Relay For Life and Race For The Cure. As the years passed, members gradually retired from the group, leading to a more age-diverse set of personnel taking their place; also, the group's balance of exterior-to-interior facility events increasingly favored the exterior.Circa 2012, the group then moved out of the facility and renamed itself The Brentwood Big Band (a.k.a. B3), rehearsing in Brentwood and Oakley locations. As the band’s composition continued to adjust, it again renamed itself The East Bay Big Band (a.k.a. EB3) in 2023, to better reflect its area of representation.EB3’s current composition is quite age-diverse: it includes high school and college students; active and retired
music teachers; as well as regular members of the community. Currently, the band is under the direction of Mr. George Chilcott, and rehearses at Freedom High School.

Our Mission

  1. Continue to support local schools in their music education and experiences

  2. Be able to support any local business or community organization via providing entertainment

  3. Present an opportunity for, and be a model to, active and retired adults looking to continue their musical interests while in their various post-high school stages of Life