ANDERSON — Thank Harry Connick Jr.

Or Michael Buble.

And sure, go on and thank Tony Bennett for the resurgence of Big Band jazz that has filtered its way into central Indiana.

Those popular crooners have revived a stylized, smooth sound that is still attracting audiences all the more for the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra, one of approximately 35 community-based jazz orchestras in the nation.

The 15-member Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra will bring a “best of” concert to the Paramount Theatre, 1124 Meridian Plaza, on Nov. 13.

The 7:30 p.m. performance is part of “The Sounds of Indiana” series that includes an April 16 performance by the Hopkins and Miller Band and a May 14 show by Anderson’s Mechem Family.

But for November, the Hoosier sounds will focus on Big Band music including Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton and Count Basie. The show also features vocalists Rick Vale, of Anderson, and Lydia McAdams.

Vale has been performing with the orchestra since 2001. He also serves as the light-hearted emcee, said Jeff Anderson, musical director of the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra and executive director of the Jazz Arts Society of Indiana.

“I think there’s been a renewed interest in what we call the Great American Songbook, which starts with Irving Berlin in the 1920s ... and ends with Henry Mancini and Burt Bacharach,” Anderson said. “Those are kind of the bookends of the Great American Songbook. I think the best music ever written, period, was written during that time.”

The orchestra formed 12 years ago and became a nonprofit organization in 2001. Last year, the band played 43 concerts, a sign of the sound’s popularity, said Anderson.

Younger crowds are also being drawn to big bands due to popularity in swing dance. The orchestra routinely plays at Fountain Square in Indianapolis.

Anderson said, “It doesn’t matter how long the music has been around; if it’s good, it will last.”

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