The Jazz Gala

Ft Alan Broadbent, Denise Perrier and Charley Davis all the way from the USA.

Internationally acclaimed jazz artist and Grammy winner Alan Broadbent made his name as a composer/arranger/pianist with the Woody Herman Big Band. Alan has also worked as conductor/arranger for Diana Krall and Natalie Cole.

Settling in Los Angeles, Broadbent worked with such notable musicians as Nelson Riddle (his pianist for 10 years), David Rose, Johnny Mandel and Henry Mancini. Broadbent's trio recordings include Better Days, Pacific Standard Time and Personal Standards which features his Grammy nominated song Everytime I Think of You. He has also recorded a solo piano CD for Concord Records highly acclaimed Live at Maybeck Hall series (Vol.14), as well as a duo CD with saxophonist Gary Foster, live at Maybeck.

Denise Perrier is one of the foremost blues and jazz vocalists. In a career spanning thirty years, Perrier has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Denise is a singer of considerable gifts and she is effective in this live performance from a San Francisco club called Pearls. - Fresh Tracks, George Fendle, Jazz Society of Oregon, Feb. 09.

Lead trumpeter with the famed Buddy Rich and Woody Herman Big Bands, Charley Davis has also has appeared on countless film and TV scores.

Charley will perform in concert with Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz Orchestra. Featuring some of Wellington's best known jazz talent including Colin Hemmingsen, Alex Nyman, Matt Hitti, Lance Philip, Nick Granville, Anita Schwabe, Nick Van Dyke and Nick Tipping.

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