Max Weinberg Debuts his Big Band in Miami's Fontainbleau

One of my first outings back in the states was a night at the newly renovated Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. The transformation is absolutely outstanding. This legendary hot spot on South Beach has really taken the prize and has become the place for the latest shows, such as Max Weinberg ‘s Big Band.

Weinberg is known as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and longtime drummer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and now but maybe not for long Conan O’Brien. Besides directing the Tonight Show Band and touring with the E Street Band, Weinberg has been organizing a Rat Pack come back, with a full 15-person band, with horns, piano and of course drums.

Weinberg and the Big Band Show debuted on December 27th and 28th at the Fontainebleau’s Bleau Bar Room. The crowd was a great mixture of hotel guest and fans of the E Street Band and The Tonight Show, but clearly present were fans of Max Weinberg, who was now taking center stage as the front man.
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Comment by Jack Seven on February 25, 2010 at 5:57am: Hey great post. I am visting Miami out from the UK this Summer and already read an article on Setai hotel and Lenny Kravitz recording studio. My father was a sound engineer at Abbey Rd in the '70s where much of the analogue machinery was purchased by Kravitz so will be interesting to see. Travelling out with a UK Florida agent and staying for a number of nights - 4 booked, at the Clinton. As it's located in the area, hope to come by Fontainebleau Hotel and hear some big band music. How long with the hotel be used as a venue for Weinberg's music? Any other acts/musicians signed up to play there?

Comment by inka piegsa-quischotte on January 21, 2010 at 11:14am: I couldn't agree more. When I came first ti Miami some 25 years ago, my first stop was the Fountainbleu and I have been a faitfhul ever since.