The Pete Allen Jazz Band - Happy Jazz

Size: 160,9 MB
Time: 68:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Big Chief (2:56)
02. Carry Me Back To Ol Virginny (5:55)
03. Black And Blue (6:03)
04. Mabel's Dream (3:38)
05. Just A Couple Of Dudes (3:22)
06. Dans Les Rue D'antibes (6:07)
07. Up A Lazy River (6:48)
08. Eccentric (2:45)
09. The Original Tuxedo Rag (3:52)
10. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (3:46)
11. Movin' On Again (2:53)
12. Dardanella (3:04)
13. Ory's Creole Trombone (4:20)
14. Seagull Strut (3:22)
15. Solitude (4:56)
16. At The Jazz Band Ball (4:58)

Pete Allen is regarded as one of Europe's most talented and exciting masters of the clarinet. In 1976 he joined Rod Mason and two years later formed his own professional band. He brought together a musical style and stage presence that has created an enthusiastic following from both the traditional jazz fans and those who simply enjoy happy music and songs for both listening and dancing.

As a boy, Pete grew up with jazz. He studied the music of all the old time music greats, especially Ed Hall and Sidney Bechet two great legends of American jazz clarinet and soprano saxophone, although Pete has never tried to copy their style but has developed his own quite unique, exciting sound.

Over the years Pete has appeared on many television and radio shows, both with his own band and as a solo artiste. He has topped the bill in those magical homes of jazz, St. Louis, Sacramento and of course, New Orleans, where he was awarded an Honorary Citizenship for his services to jazz music. In the mid eighties he was chosen to lead the Worldwide All Stars at the jazz Jubilee in Sacramento. More recently, Pete has been selected to play for the European Top Eight Jazz Band in Germany, on a number of occasions, and the Philips International All Stars in Holland and also fronts the London Paris All Stars and his own chosen European Swing Band. In 2013 Pete continues to lead his own band and appears as a guest soloist or with his own solo music show and now plays a number of shows with Jazz Pianist Dave Browning and the World Class Banjoist Sean Moyses. Throughout his career Pete appeared as featured soloist alongside these American Jazz Greats:- 'Peanuts' Hucko, Bud Freeman, Bob Wilbur, Marty Grosz, Billy Butterfield, Barrett Deems and Jack Lesberg and played a number of times with the late British Jazz Trumpet star Kenny Ball.
For over five years he also found time to present his own jazz programme for BBC Radio. For all 'live' performances Pete thrills audiences around the World with his own style of jazz clarinet combined with a slick fast moving entertaining show of light hearted humour and happy foot-tapping jazz songs. He is a personality in British Music who is eager to please an audience whatever the situation either leading his band, as a guest soloist or with his unique solo music show.

Happy Jazz

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Pete Allen - 21 Years On

Size: 171,4 MB
Time: 73:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (7:28)
02. Tishomingo Blues (7:07)
03. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (5:35)
04. Mood Indigo (7:59)
05. When You're Smilling (4:34)
06. Petite Fleur (3:50)
07. Swanee River (7:55)
08. Old Rockin' Chair (5:01)
09. Rosetta (6:09)
10. Under The Bamboo Tree (4:24)
11. All The Girls Go Crazy 'bout The Way I Walk (6:24)
12. Muskrat Rumble (7:07)

Pete Allen is regarded as one of Europe's most talented and exciting masters of the clarinet. In 1976 he joined Rod Mason and two years later formed his own professional band. He brought together a musical style and stage presence that has created an enthusiastic following from both the traditional jazz fans and those who simply enjoy happy music and songs for both listening and dancing.

As a boy, Pete grew up with jazz. He studied the music of all the old time music greats, especially Ed Hall and Sidney Bechet two great legends of American jazz clarinet and soprano saxophone, although Pete has never tried to copy their style but has developed his own quite unique, exciting sound.

Over the years Pete has appeared on many television and radio shows, both with his own band and as a solo artiste. He has topped the bill in those magical homes of jazz, St. Louis, Sacramento and of course, New Orleans, where he was awarded an Honorary Citizenship for his services to jazz music. In the mid eighties he was chosen to lead the Worldwide All Stars at the jazz Jubilee in Sacramento. More recently, Pete has been selected to play for the European Top Eight Jazz Band in Germany, on a number of occasions, and the Philips International All Stars in Holland and also fronts the London Paris All Stars and his own chosen European Swing Band. In 2013 Pete continues to lead his own band and appears as a guest soloist or with his own solo music show and now plays a number of shows with Jazz Pianist Dave Browning and the World Class Banjoist Sean Moyses. Throughout his career Pete appeared as featured soloist alongside these American Jazz Greats:- 'Peanuts' Hucko, Bud Freeman, Bob Wilbur, Marty Grosz, Billy Butterfield, Barrett Deems and Jack Lesberg and played a number of times with the late British Jazz Trumpet star Kenny Ball.
For over five years he also found time to present his own jazz programme for BBC Radio. For all 'live' performances Pete thrills audiences around the World with his own style of jazz clarinet combined with a slick fast moving entertaining show of light hearted humour and happy foot-tapping jazz songs. He is a personality in British Music who is eager to please an audience whatever the situation either leading his band, as a guest soloist or with his unique solo music show.

21 Years On

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The Pete Allen Jazz Band - Running Wild

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:56
Size: 137,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:47)  1. Cornet Chop Suey
(2:52)  2. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
(5:39)  3. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(4:22)  4. That's A Plenty
(5:17)  5. C'est Si Bon
(5:18)  6. Sweet Sue Just You
(3:11)  7. The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole
(3:13)  8. Running Wild
(4:01)  9. Sweet Substitute
(4:55) 10. Hindustan
(2:53) 11. Belchet's Walk
(3:13) 12. It Ain't No Sin To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones
(3:56) 13. West End Blues
(3:08) 14. See If I Care
(5:05) 15. I Wanna Be Like You

In the 1970s, Peter Allen gained recognition both as a composer of romantic ballads such as "I Honestly Love You" and "Don't Cry Out Loud," and, contrastingly, as a flamboyant stage performer. He learned to play the piano and began entertaining people at the pub in his small Australian hometown when he was still a child. By 1959, he was in Sydney, where he became a last-minute replacement in a duo appearing on the television show Australian Bandstand with guitarist and singer Chris Bell. The act was successful and the two became known as the Allen Brothers. In the early '60s, they had an Australian hit with "My Secret" and toured the Far East. They were appearing at a hotel in Hong Kong in the spring of 1964 when Judy Garland saw them and was impressed. She got them bookings and brought them to London, where they were her opening act. She also introduced Allen to her daughter, Liza Minnelli, and the two became engaged. the Allen Brothers made their American debut at the Diplomat Hotel in Miami in December 1964, then moved to New York. For the rest of the '60s, they appeared in clubs around the U.S., notably at the various Playboy Clubs. After a lengthy engagement, Allen and Minnelli married on March 3, 1967.  

During the late '60s, Allen became involved in the Greenwich Village music and theater scene, and grew disenchanted with the more conventional show business world represented by his professional partner and his wife. He and Minnelli separated during the holiday season of 1969 (though they were not divorced until July 24, 1974), and the Allen Brothers broke up in the spring of 1970. On June 24, 1970, Allen played his first show as a solo act at the Bitter End nightclub in Greenwich Village. He wrote songs for the Off-Off-Broadway La Mama Theatre Company, and made his Broadway debut on January 12, 1971, in Soon, a rock opera that played only three performances.  Allen became interested in the trend toward introspective singer/songwriters in the early '70s, and in writing more commercial music. Employed as a staff writer at Metromedia Records, he co-wrote "Jennifer" with Carole Bayer Sager. The song was sung in the TV movie Getting Together by Bobby Sherman, who recorded it for Metromedia, and it became a Top 40 hit in the fall of 1971. Metromedia then commissioned Allen to record his own album, and he released Peter Allen in 1971, followed in 1972 by Tenterfield Saddler. Performers on New York's club circuit began to sing songs from his albums, and he returned to performing himself with an appearance at the popular nightspot Reno Sweeney's in 1973. In 1974, he and Jeff Barry wrote "I Honestly Love You," a sad ballad that was recorded by Olivia Newton-John and became number one hit in October. With that, Allen was signed to A&M Records, releasing his third album, Continental American. In 1976 came Taught by Experts, which featured "The More I See You," an easy listening chart entry.  The introspective style of much of Allen's music was increasingly contrasted with his bold performing style, and in 1977, A&M issued a double-live LP, It Is Time for Peter Allen, that showed off his concert work. Back in Australia, his recording of the frothy "I Go to Rio" (co-written with Adrienne Anderson) topped the charts. In the U.S., he made a cameo appearance in the movie musical Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the summer of 1978. 

That fall, Melissa Manchester scored a Top Ten hit with another of his ballads, "Don't Cry Out Loud" (co-written with Carole Bayer Sager). His version of the song was featured on his fourth A&M album, I Could Have Been a Sailor, which became his first LP to reach the charts in 1979. Early in the year, Pablo Cruise scored an American chart entry with "I Go to Rio," and Rita Coolidge reached the Top 40 with a more typical Allen-Sager ballad, "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love," at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Allen took his stage act to Broadway, appearing in his own show, Up in One, More Than a Concert. His fifth A&M album, Bi-Coastal, appeared at the end of 1980 and was another chart LP, with a single, "Fly Away," also reaching the pop charts. In 1981, Allen headlined at Radio City Music Hall, where he danced with the Rockettes and rode a camel during "I Go to Rio." When Carole Bayer Sager sat down with Burt Bacharach and Christopher Cross to write a theme song for the film comedy Arthur, she recalled a phrase from an unrecorded song she and Allen had written years earlier: "When you get caught between the moon and New York City." It became part of the chorus of "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," which topped the charts for Cross in the fall of 1981 and won Allen and his fellow songwriters the Academy Award for best song.  More bio  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-allen-mn0000314155/biography     

Running Wild

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