The one thing that Pete Jacobs knew from as far back as he can remember is that his would be a musical life. Finding the right key – the right notes, the right rhythms – thatwas where things sometimes got tricky. Was his life to be written as a classical score? As a child in the '50s he often drifted off to sleep to his mother playing Chopin on the piano. >> [view the full article]

One of the most popular local swing bands will be performing at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano on July 7. "Pete Jacobs and His Wartime Radio Revue Swing Orchestra," based in Irvine, will delight the audience with some toe-tapping and dance music with such hits as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "In the Mood." >> [view the full article]

Wartime Radio Revue: “We are trying to keep a culture alive—the music, dance, dress,” Jacobs says In a perfect world, Pete Jacobs would like his 16-piece Wartime Radio Revue swing band to play in front of dancers who plunk down a $7 cover charge. But in reality, his band and others know corporate gigs pay the bills. >> [view the full article]