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Traditional Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland

Influenced by the “King of Swing”, Benny Goodman, Dave’s sound is described as a hot smooth swingin’ style that engages audiences and often inspires them to dance and sing along. Well rounded in traditional jazz, blues and classical styles, Dave has been actively performing R&B, Swing & Traditional Jazz. in and around Vancouver since 1979 with his band “RazzMaJazz” and with his blues band “The WildCats”.

Don's rhythmic kick and ability to retain complete chord structures gives him enormous diversity to play any jazz style. very active in Vancouver music since the 60's, Don discovered the great jazz virtuoso, Django Reinhardt in the 70's. Don studied guitar, violin and viola, graduated from UBC with a music degree and continued his success in Toronto and in a 5-year stint playing on cruise ships, he is now based in Vancouver working in jazz and world-music.