Food Drive, Schaumburg Band, Veterans' Salute with Jazz Consortium at Palatine's Durty Nellie's Nov. 12

For a 12th year, the 17-piece Jazz Consortium Big Band will be sponsoring a holiday food drive at its 6 p.m. performance on Sunday, Nov. 12, 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 Schaumburg High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Vinnie Inendino.

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: www.toi.org/township/cook-county-palatine-township/cook-county-palatine-township-partnerships-3/

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

Now in its 13th year of performing at Nellie's, the Jazz Consortium Big Band, directed by Roy Vombrack, 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" every second Sunday monthly at Durty Nellie's. It also performs at other clubs, concerts and special events throughout 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.