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May 19th, 2010
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Pete Allen
. . . . Fly Me to the Moon
Pete Allen is regarded as one of Europe's most talented and exciting masters of the clarinet. In 1976 he joined Rod Mason and two years later formed his own professional band. He brought together a musical style and stage presence that has created an enthusiastic following from both the traditional jazz fans and those who simply enjoy happy music and songs for both listening and dancing.As a boy, Pete grew up with jazz. He studied the music of all the old time music greats, especially Ed Hall one of the great legends of the American jazz clarinet. Pete has never tried to copy their style but has developed his own quite unique, exciting sound.Over the years Pete has appeared on many television and radio shows, both with his own band and as a solo artiste.He topped the bill in those magical homes of jazz, St. Louis, Sacramento and of course, New Orleans, where he was awarded an Honorary Citizenship for his services to jazz music. In the mid eighties he was chosen to lead the Worldwide All Stars at the jazz Jubilee in Sacramento. More recently, Pete has been selected to play for the European Top Eight Jazz Band in Germany, on a number of occasions, and the Philips International All Stars in Holland. He has also played alongside American Jazz Greats:- 'Peanuts' Hucko, Bud Freeman, Bob Wilbur, Marty Grosz, Billy Butterfield, Barrett Deems and Jack Lesberg. In Denmark he was the featured soloist with the Svendbors Big Band.For over five years he presented his own jazz programme for BBC Radio. Nowadays he devotes all his time thrilling audiences around the World with his own style of jazz clarinet presented with an entertaining show of light hearted humour and happy foot-tapping jazz songs. Above all, Pete is a personality in British Music who is eager to please an audience whatever the situation.
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