Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings jazz, swing to Furth

June 30, 2026

Band playing with saxophone soloist front and center.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform at Trine University's T. Furth Center for Performing Arts on Aug. 7.
Cats who dig jazz and swing are in for a cool treat when Big Bad Voodoo Daddy blows into Trine University's T. Furth Center for Performing Arts on Friday, Aug. 7.

The concert kicks off at 8 p.m., with doors to the Ryan Concert Hall opening one hour prior.

Tickets range from $35 to $55 and are available at trine.edu/furthtickets.

Concerts around the world

Performing their own interpretations of swing music of the 1940s and 1950s and original songs in a similar style, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has appeared in concert venues across the world, sold millions of records and had their music appear in hundreds of movies and television shows.

Scotty Morris formed the band in Ventura, California, in 1989, after he met Texas blues guitar legend Albert Collins at one of Collins’ concerts.

“He signed my poster ‘To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy.’ I thought it was the greatest name I had ever heard on one of the greatest musical nights of my life,” Morris said.  

With sold-out concerts from the Hollywood Bowl to Lincoln Center, appearances with many of the country's finest symphony orchestras, and television appearances ranging from “Dancing with the Stars” to Superbowl XXXIII, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy continues its decades-long mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music — America's original musical art form — and bring joy to audiences around the world.

For more information on this and other performances in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts, visit trine.edu/furth.

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