East London’s Stirling Big Band – conducted by Alan Webster, with the help of Kyle du Preez, Neteske Horton and Sakhile Simani – plays interesting arrangements of classic charts in a standard big band format. The band was formed 31 years ago and is proud of the number of past members still active in South African jazz. The band has performed in 23 towns around the country, including at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg and the Hilton Arts Festival and has toured to Zimbabwe, Holland, Germany, Namibia and Britain.