Good Shot Judy, an eight-piece swing band, will present “The Century of Swing” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the Polk County Commerce Center. This will be the second performance of the Livingston Community Concert Association’s 2024-2025 concert season.
Sound. Energy. Swagger. All these arrive onstage when Good Shot Judy shows up. Grounded in the swinging cadence of the big band era, Good Shot Judy boldly ventures wherever whimsy leads them. The big amp jazz band brings melodic muscle to every show, fueled by revelers young and old who eagerly follow them on an exhilarating ride through this golden age of music.
Audiences may never consider that the Good Shot Judy show they’re seeing has been an evolution. They’re too captivated by the sound and the spectacle of music that reaches through the time. They’re too caught up in performance that has one foot dancing in the past and one in the here and now.
A Good Shot Judy show offers all those tunes you know just from growing up in America – songs you can at least hum along to, if you don’t outright know most of the words. But the music itself is only part of the band’s allure; there’s something electric in the execution, and it’s that vigor that carries the day as much as the pull of recognition.
Their show “The Century of Swing” features smooth standards like “Beyond The Sea,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Fly Me To The Moon,” “Feeling Good” and more.
