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Canadian clarinetist Bob DeAngelis flew into Tucson Sunday night just in time to experience one of the city's coldest days on record.

As the sun came up Monday morning, the temperature had barely topped 20 degrees.

Brrrr.

But this weekend, he can expect Tucson to warm his heart as he and his musical partners join the Tucson Symphony Orchestra to dish up a banquet of classic Benny Goodman swing hits.

"The music itself, it just gets right into your heart and soul," DeAngelis said of those big- band and swing tunes he grew to love as a young music student. "You just want to jump, jive and wail all of the time. When I was a kid listening to this stuff, I got drawn in right away."

Three years ago, DeAngelis, 52, and fellow Canadian John McLeod put together their show, "The King of Swing: A Tribute to Benny Goodman." It teams the pair with orchestras for what amounts to an evening of Goodman's greatest hits. DeAngelis and McLeod also bring along a jazz rhythm section featuring a bass player, drummer and pianist, and a vocalist, Carol McCartney.

The program includes Goodman gems such as "Don't Be That Way," "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "Sing, Sing, Sing."

Swing and big-band music have been enjoying a robust resurgence over the past decade, crossing genres from jazz to classical to pop music.

"The swing stuff still lives on," DeAngelis noted in a phone call from his Tucson hotel on Monday. "People just love it."

His proof is the response he and McLeod get to their Goodman tribute shows, which he said are "so well received every place we go to."

"It's a fun show," he said, noting that most of the time they perform with orchestras much smaller than Tucson's.

"This is really going to be a thrill for me. I am just so excited."