Alan Casey Entertainment
Agency - Australia Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne - Gold Coast - Sunshine Coast - Toowoomba -
Ipswich - North Coast
New South Wales - Queensland - Victoria - South Australia
Duke Bannister
Duo -Trio - Band - 4, 5 , 6 , 7.
Price subject to date, time required,
location of event
Duke, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a
Permanent Resident of Australia.
In the U.S.A. he was a student of jazz (trumpet, guitar and vocals) from a
very young age.
Close to Chicago, he would “obtain” questionable ID and sneak into the jazz
clubs on the Southside.
He began playing professionally (with the same ID) at the age of 17.
He has played in some of the most famous and infamous juke joints and clubs
in the Midwest and East Coast of the U.S.A.,
the Hotel Nationale in Havana and the Hot, Boom Boom Room in Acapulco.
In Australia he is well known for his leading
role in light operas and as the featured vocalist for several big bands and
jazz ensembles
He has appeared with the Chancellor Big Band,
Guest Artist for the Gold Coast Convention Centre opening celebration at
Swing Street, some of the boys from Galapagos Duck, The Nick Burrell Big
Band and Paul Gibens Decahedron Big Band.
Most recently, he “wowed ‘em” at the Gold Coast
Arts Centre “Jazz in the Basement” venue with the Harry Lynn Trio.
His passion and talent for music transcend his “reading of the dots” and his
voice is unique
yet reminiscent of the great jazz singers and crooners of the 50’s & 60’s.
They say that hearing Duke sing “Georgia”,
“Birth of the Blues” and a cascade of other numbers, is a tingling,
nostalgic
yet new experience. His moving arrangement (John Pieri, Arranger) of “Old
Man River” and
various Jazz and Swing numbers are frequently played on 94.1 FM
