Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

www.rsjo.com

Don Neely and the ten-piece Royal Society Jazz Orchestra from San Francisco, are renowned for authentically capturing the exciting sound of big band swing, hot syncopated jazz, blues, and music of the Cotton Club. Innovators such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Biederbecke and Louis Armstrong are among the RSJO's inspirations. Yet, you will discover immediately upon seeing them live or listening to their recordings, that the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra has an intriguing personality and style of its own. Dancers are electrified by the sound of the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra. Songs in their repertoire include those written by George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Walter Donaldson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and many others from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, vaudeville and the silver screen.

Don Neely – leader, reeds, vocals
Carla Normand – vocals
Frederick Hodges – piano, vocals
Steve Apple – drums
Marty Eggers – string bass, tuba
Dix Bruce – guitar, banjo
Andrew Storar – trumpet, vocals
Kent Mikasa – cornet
Brent Bergman – trombone
Bob Embry – tenor sax, clarinet
Richard Mathias – lead alto, sax, clarinet

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