Summer @ StB's Lobster on the Lawn Series: Tyler Newcomb Big Band

Lobster on the Lawn serving Lobster Roll Dinners for $25 from 4:30 – 6:30

Since 1988, Mr. Newcomb has been director of the ensemble, which counts professional and semi-professional musicians among its 20 members. The players range from recent high school graduates working hard to hone their technique.

Mr. Newcomb, a trumpet player who lives in Centerville, studied music at Arizona State and Long Beach State, and came to the Cape in the 1970s to play in The Gringos, who helped tear up dance floors throughout the area decades ago. Today, three members of the Gringos play with the ensemble, contributing to its big band sound and playing medleys of tunes by Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington.