The Bob Boyd Sounds

The Bob Boyd Sounds, Little Rock

With the renewal of interest in music of the Swing and Big Band Era, The Bob Boyd Sounds, David, Randy, Pat and Bob, are having the time of their lives playing and singing songs from the thirties through the nineties. Word has gotten around that these four guys will knock you out when they play music of the big bands. All four of them sing, solo and in harmony, music from Sinatra, the Four Freshmen and the Modernaires, to Stevie Wonder! The play smooth, listenable jazz, if you can manage to keep your feet still. But when they play, unlike much jazz, in their music you can always recognize the melody.

Pat Henry on trumpet, valve trombone and fleugelhorn, also plays piano, bass, drums and other instruments. You'll enjoy his beautiful, graceful trumpet work on "Tenderly," his sensitive vocal on "How Insensitive," or his realistic impressions of Louis Armstrong's trumpet and vocals.

Randy McDonald, drummer extraordinary, also plays piano and bass, is a computer expert and a recording engineer, sings background harmony, and if that isn't enough, sings a mean country ballad or lively pop tune.

David Higginbotham's lyrical bass and his beautiful tenor voice provide the lead for many of our songs, whether they are punching out an Ellington tune or a lovely ballad like "A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square," or an old blues tune from Otis Redding.

Bob Boyd produced and performed on his own live radio show series in 1952 at the age of 16. He played original piano stylings of requested tunes called in and written in by his radio audience. He traveled with several professional gospel music groups, then in 1955 was engaged by Jim Ed Brown and the Brown Family Trio. He returned to Arkansas in 1957 and accepted a position on the teaching staff of Rosen Music Studios. In 1962, Bob founded Boyd Music Center, a music school and store, which he owned and operated for 38 years.

Bob Boyd

Pat Henry

Randy McDonald

David Higginbotham

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