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Steve Barbone
I left music in 1963 for a day gig. Then in 1992 started to play again. Now gig 160 times a year in the Philadelphia area with my own band, The Barbone Street Jazz Band. Some top gigs in 2003 included; West Chester University Jazz Festival, Berks Jazz Festival, Media Jazz Festival, Media Blues Festival, Dover Downs Wine & Jazz Destival, Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Rehoboth Jazz Festival. We played on stage with Preservation Hall and Dirty Dozen bands, and opposite some of the top jazz bands in the USA such as Lincoln Center Jazz Band, Herbie Hancock, Arturo Sandoval and others.
Band average age is 72 and members have played with many jazz legends of the 20th Century including Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Clifford Brown, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Peggy Lee, Louis Prima, Ben Webster, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Thelonious Monk and others. As well as classical legends Yo Yo Ma, Artur Rubenstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Pavarotti, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuin, and others.
Barbone Street is the most popular Hot Jazz Band in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area.For more information about the band please visit our URL: http://www.barbonestreet.com http://www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
Awards
Jazzer of the year Award - Pennsylvania Jazz Society (2002) Jazz Goodwill Ambassador Award - Government of Israel (2006)
Tags
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson