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The Pearly Shells Swing Orchestra with Yvette Johansson and Varvara Vakhrameeva

Friday, November 22, 2024 @ 8:00 pm

Doors open at 7:30 pm

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Formed around the turn of the century by double bassist Steve Purcell as a Count Basie style dance band, The Pearly Shells Swing Orchestra has evolved over more than 15 years to become a unique Melbourne musical institution with an enormous repertoire of original charts and ties through out Melbourne’s musical universe.

The Pearly Shells mix their own arrangements of 40’s and 50’s big band music with Jump Blues, Swing Jazz, RnB, Boogie Woogie and Latin styles and play it all with the drive and enthusiasm the music demands and deserves.

The programme will include music by Ellington, Basie ,Goodman, Ray Charles, Louie Jordan, Billy Holiday, Ella Johnson, Xavier Cugat as well as Pearly’s songs from their 7 studio albums.

Tonight The Pearly Shells are accompanied by the incredible Jazz vocalist, Yvette Johansson and violin sensation Varvara Vakhrameeva straight from Moscow, Russia. This is a night not to be missed!

The Pearly Shells are (with occasional variation, depending on the night):
David Allardice – piano
Monty Price – guitar
Steve Purcell – double bass
Dean Hilson – tenor sax
Rob Glaesemann – tenor sax
Aaron Searle – baritone sax
Paul Coyle – trumpet
Wes Mowson – trombone
Eamon McNelis – trumpet
Gavin Gray – drums

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27 Leslie St
Brunswick, Victoria 3056 Australia
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