Food drive, McHenry band, veterans salute with Jazz Consortium at Palatine's Durty Nellie's Nov. 10

For a 13th year, the 17-piece Jazz Consortium Big Band will be sponsoring a holiday food drive at its performance at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Durty Nellie’s Gastropub and Entertainment Hub, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine. In addition, there will be a musical salute for Veterans Day, plus a guest performance by the McHenry Community High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ryan Cabildo.

The performance is all-ages. Cover: $10 cash, or $5 for students 17 and younger. Seating is limited, and reservations are encouraged at (847) 358-9150 or on the website: durtynellies.com

Patrons are asked to bring canned or nonperishable food items, which will be delivered to the Palatine Township Food Pantry. The pantry has a list of especially needed items at: palatinetownship-il.gov/services/food-pantry-department.

Now in its 14th year of performing at Durty Nellie's, the Jazz Consortium Big Band was founded in 1975 by college music student friends with a love of Big Band music. The group performed in club and concert venues throughout the Midwest, including the Chicago Jazz Festival. The band members went on to prolific professional careers in the studio and on stage with a wide range of entertainers and Big Band icons, including Tony Bennett, Maynard Ferguson, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Diana Ross and Frank Sinatra.

Currently, the band — with mostly all-original members — continues to share its love of the “Big Band sound” the second Sunday of each month at Durty Nellie's. It also performs at other clubs, concerts and special events throughout the Chicago area, bringing its variety of swing, Latin, jazz-rock and funk Big Band sounds to audiences of all ages.

More Jazz Consortium Big Band information and its upcoming schedule can be found at www.jcbigband.com.