One of the UK’s most enduring traditional jazz ensembles, the Pete Allen Jazz Band launch their new album, New Orleans Wiggle – Jazz Magic, with two gigs on the 2nd and 4th November.
The band, led by the irrepressible clarinettist and saxophonist, play The Bowlers Arms in Newbury on the 2nd and Pizza Express Live Jazz Club in Soho on the 4th.
Now in the forty-eighth year of his career, Pete Allen has represented England at the Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee. He has also led the Worldwide All Stars, alongside Louis Armstrong alumni Barrett Deems and Jack Lesberg, and received Honorary Citizenship of New Orleans for his contribution to British music and tourism. His legacy also includes more than 100 recordings and a plethora of BBC broadcasts and European tours.
Allen's current band comprises some of the UK's most experienced and accomplished musicians in the traditional and mainstream jazz field and features trombonist Roger Marks, trumpeter Chris Hodgkins and reeds specialist Trevor Whiting alongside Allen in the frontline.