Bryan Davis has now, finally, moved to New York City! He finally made the move during October 2009. During November, he will be in New York, seeing gigs, meeting musicians and making connections. He was granted work permission upon entry to the USA so, if you need a trumpet player, he is available! Hopefully we will have more news about his upcoming performances in the New York area before too long.

In December, Bryan will be hitting the road once more for a brief excursion with the “Christmas with The Rat Pack – Live At The Sands” holiday show. He will be in Dallas, TX from December 1st – 12th and then in Hartford, CT from December 15th – 20th.

In addition to live performances, Bryan Davis is always available to teach trumpet lessons and clinics, whether at home or elsewhere. For prospective students outside of the USA, online lessons via webcam are also available. The online lessons, in particular, are proving quite popular. All you need is a computer, webcam setup and the free Skype software. Bryan was, himself, sceptical about the usefulness of this system in teaching but, we are pleased to report, that he’s very pleased with how it works out! In celebration of his recent emigration, Bryan is currently offering a discount price on lessons in both formats. See the Teaching pages for details.

During September and October, Bryan Davis paid a couple of visits to Austria. First, he played a couple of concerts, and spent 3 days in the studio with Thomas Gansch and his band. For the studio sessions and the concert at Porgy & Bess in Vienna, the trumpet section was augmented by Adam Rapa – a wonderful trumpet player and great guy. Thomas wrote a few tunes for this 3 trumpet line-up; dubbed the ‘Trumpet Porn Suite’. These included his tribute to Bill Chase – ‘Der Rock des Trompeters’. Fans of high note ‘big’ trumpet are not going to disappointed when they hear the resulting CD. We hope to have details of a release in Spring 2010 before long. In the meantime, you can enjoy a couple of videos from the Porgy & Bess concert including this one:-

Bryan returned to Austria at the end of September for the Autumn Tour with the LACJO – reprising their ‘Murdering The Classics’ programme. They played 6 concerts. Unfortunately the first couple were rather poorly attended but the band is really hitting it’s stride! The final concert at Porgy & Bess in Vienna was particularly special! There is a provisional plan for European Tour in September 2010 – more details as they become available. We also imminently expect details of an release for the live LACJO CD they recorded at the inaugural concert in 2008. It should be initially available from the ORF broadcast network in Austria – details of worldwide distribution will follow shortly after. We will make the requisite announcements as soon as the details are confirmed.

Bryan Davis will be playing at The Swan in Liversedge, W.Yorkshire tomorrow (19th Aug ’09) evening. He will be guesting alongside Stuart McDonald on saxes with the Brian Jackson Trio. The festivities begin shortly after 8.45pm!

Please come along and support live jazz in West Yorkshire!

The Swan is located at the junction between the A62 and A638 in Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Here is a Google Maps link.

Bryan Davis will now be playing tomorrow night (Wed. 22nd July) at The Swan in Liversedge, W. Yorkshire. He’ll be featured alongside the Rod Mason, and his collection of saxophones, with the Brian Jackson Trio. He’s filling in for trombonist Kevin Holbrough who’s had to withdraw due to ill health. Get well soon Kev!

The Swan is located at the junction between the A62 and A638 in Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Here is a Google Maps link.

Just wanted to drop in with a quick update since, thankfully, I have a busy weekend ahead and won’t have a chance to post again until early in the week. I have been planning the next couple of episodes of my podcast and hope to have at least one posted by the end of next week. Sorry for the delay.

This weekend I’ll be travelling to and from Rhyl, in North Wales, and Great Yarmouth. On Saturday I’m filling in with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra at their concert at Bodelwyddan Castle. On Sunday, I’ll be playing with Barry Robinson’s orchestra at Potter’s Leisure Resort, backing Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch in their Rat Pack tribute. Who’d have thought I’d be found playing Rat Pack tunes!?!

Back with more in 600 miles time…..

The last minute calls are coming thick and fast for Bryan today. He will be playing this evening in Salford, at the Willows Rugby Club with The Motown Show and tomorrow (Sun 26th April) he’ll be playing Lead Trumpet with the Wigan Jazz Club Big Band on their Sunday lunchtime set.  Details of the gigs are on the Calendar. Come out and support Live Music if you have the chance.