June kicks off with a break from the regular Rat Pack routine - Bryan will be playing Lead Trumpet with the Wigan Jazz Club Big Band at the Southport Jazz Festival on Sunday the 1st of June. It promises to be a fun concert; we’re backing Andy Greenwood who will be paying tribute to the late, great Maynard Ferguson in a programme entitled “Remembering Maynard”.

The rest of the month continues much as usual with Rat Pack dates in Bromley, Swansea, Reading, Nottingham and Southend-on-Sea.

Bryan had a fantastic trip to Austria at the end of May, playing with Thomas Gansch and his band; Gansch & Roses. We’ll add more news about it shortly. The first concert they played, at the Schagerl Brass Festival, was broadcast live online by TheMusicPage.com - highlights will be available soon on the site. We’ll link to them once they become available. In the meantime, please enjoy this video of the band playing Thomas’ Bill Chase tribute - “Der Rock Des Trompeters” - from the gig at Porgy & Bess in Vienna.

“Alone Together” performed by Bryan Davis with the Mike Guy Trio. Live at Unterfahrt in Munich.

While touring with The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands in the USA, we face the unusual situation of having to pick up almost the whole band in each city we visit. I’ve been very fortunate to meet and work with some wonderful musicians and occasionally remembered to get a photo with the guys in my section!! These pictures were taken between December 2006 and March 2008.

By necessity, a couple of these photos were taken on my mobile phone. Please excuse the quality.
If any of the other folks who joined me in the section have any photos, please contact me so I can add them to this gallery.

Bryan is continuing the Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas UK Tour throughout May. However, he will be taking some time off towards the end of the month to head back out to Austria with Thomas Gansch and his band; Gansch & Roses. They are playing 4 dates in various parts of Austria, including one at the magnificent Porgy and Bess Jazz Club in Vienna, and a performance at the Schagerl Brass Festival 2008. Please check the Schedule for more details.

Bryan will also have a free day in Vienna and is available for lessons/clinics, as he is during the continuing Rat Pack tour. If you are interested, please check the Schedule for the dates and contact him to set it up.

You may notice some strangeness with the website over the next few days as we tweak the new design which is now online. If you notice anything weird or broken (columns not lining up etc) please send an email via the Contact page with details of your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox etc) and operating system (Windows, Mac or Linux) so we can go on a bug hunt!!