Close your eyes and imagine the scene : the time is the golden 1950's era of great music and great entertainment.The place is Las Vegas, Nevada. You're new in town, just driving around, checking out what's hot tonite. The sounds you hear coming out of the Desert Inn, the Sahara, the Sands, and the other casino lounges as you cruise past in the warm nite are the sounds of Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Dean Martin, The Treniers, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. If only you could have been there, if only you could have heard that great music, felt that excitement, tasted that electric atmosphere......
It's time to stop dreaming and realise that in 2001 there is a band that recaptures that spirit, that music, that style, that performance, it's time to get hip to the hottest band on the scene today, it's time to get blown away by the explosive swinging sound of The Ray Gelato Giants.
This internationally acclaimed band play exciting, entertaining jazz. They are in great demand on the jazz festival circuit and recently completed a tour of the whole circuit of Canadian jazz festivals during which a TV special was filmed of one of the shows in Montreal. Other major jazz festivals include the Umbria festival in Italy, the San Sebastian festival in Spain, the Molde festival in Norway, the Marciac festival in France, and the Burghausen festival in Germany, to name but a few.
In October 2001 The Giants were chosen by Robbie Williams to be the support act for his "Swing while you're winning" concert at the Royal Albert Hall. This was followed by the band being booked to play for Bryan Adams' birthday party closely followed by a sell-out week at Ronnie Scotts.
The Giants have produced a number CD albums including - 'The Full Flavour', 'The Men From Uncle' and the latest album 'Gelato Dal Vivo - Live In Italy' which was recorded recently during some of the band's summer shows in Italy.
The Ray Gelato Jazz Giants are:
Ray Gelato: lead vocals & tenor sax
Alex Garnett: alto & tenor saxes
Enrico Tomasso: trumpet
Andy Baker: trombone
Richard Busiakiewicz: piano
Clark Kent: accoustic bass
Steve Rushton: drums
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