"the guy with the big voice... the natural successor to Lou Rawls or Joe Williams, that big bass baritone that just HAS to front a big band" - Don Sanchez, ABC 7 News Jamie Davis
The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay will present Jamie Davis and the Fred Berry 18 Piece Orchestra on Sunday, July 26th. Jamie Davis holds a position among the pantheon of great male vocalists with a full deep baritone voice that has been paired with some of the world’s most famous talent. Davis was named the ‘chocolate baritone’ by Michael Parkinson, the BBC’s arbiter of international jazz, after Jamie’s performance in London with the BBC’s sixty-four piece Orchestra and Big Band. Clint Eastwood enthused by Jamie’s performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival said “...Jamie Davis is one of my favorite singers.” Davis exhibits the influence of the late greats Joe Williams and Lou Rawls, in his own highly personal style. Fred Berry, professional trumpet player and jazz educator, has performed or recorded with such artists as Count Basie, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Max Roach, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, Steve Allen, Hubert Laws, Bobby Hutcherson, and Louis Bellson.
In the past five years, Jamie has produced three solo CD’s, performed at Monterey, Dubai, Sacramento, Aspen, Cheltenham, Edinburgh jazz festivals and the closing ceremony at this years Shakespeare Music Festival in Lake Tahoe. Jazz clubs include Yoshi’s and The Rrazz Room in San Francisco, Dizzy’s and Blue Note in New York and aboard Holland America jazz cruises. Television highlights include performances on: ‘Parkinson’ in UK, Sweden and Australia, The Jerry Lewis Telethon in Las Vegas and ‘60th Anniversary Show’ with The HRTa Big Band in Zagreb, Croatia. Concerts for BBC Radio’s 2 ‘Friday Night Is Music Night’ and ‘Big Band Special’ were broadcast live and on digital. The Count Basie Orchestra gave Jamie the opportunity be ‘on the road’ with one of the greatest big bands as their lead vocalist for three years. Davis reflects, “Having all that sound behind you is just amazing. You’ve got to ride that current.” Jamie’s full rich, deep baritone voice was tapped to narrate ‘A Time to Remember,’ a docudrama which won the ‘Black American Independent Filmmakers Award’ in 1999.
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
$35. Tickets at the door. Reservations for members.
Doors Open at 3 PM, Music from 4:30 to 7:30 PM, with intermission.
www.bachddsoc.org |
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Saturday, 20 March 2010
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