P.j. Perry Quartet at Simon Holt Restaurant

Join us for an evening of stellar jazz music featuring P.J. PERRY (saxes), Neil Swainson (bass), Ron Johnson (keyboards) and Kelby MacNayr (drums) at the SIMONHOLT Restaurant in Nanaimo. July 17th, 7:30pm. Tickets $25.00 (students $15.00) Tickets available from Simonholt (250) 933-3338, Fascinating Rhythm (Nanaimo), Cranky Dog Music (Parksville) or online at http://www.ticketzone.com/event/PJ-PERRY-Quartet/329479

PJ Perry has shared the stage with countless jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Michel LeGrand, Pepper Adams, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Rob McConnell, Slide Hampton, Herb Spanier, Bobby Shew, Fraser McPherson, Tommy Banks, Joe LaBarbera, Clarence Big Miller, Red Rodney and many more talented artists, to numerous to list here. Recently, he was a featured soloist on the hit 2010 Broadway production of Come Fly Away, highlighting the songs of Frank Sinatra and the choreography of Twyla Tharpe....

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Join us for an evening of stellar jazz music featuring P.J. PERRY (saxes), Neil Swainson (bass), Ron Johnson (keyboards) and Kelby MacNayr (drums) at the SIMONHOLT Restaurant in Nanaimo. July 17th, 7:30pm. Tickets $25.00 (students $15.00) Tickets available from Simonholt (250) 933-3338, Fascinating Rhythm (Nanaimo), Cranky Dog Music (Parksville) or online at http://www.ticketzone.com/event/PJ-PERRY-Quartet/329479

PJ Perry has shared the stage with countless jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Michel LeGrand, Pepper Adams, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Rob McConnell, Slide Hampton, Herb Spanier, Bobby Shew, Fraser McPherson, Tommy Banks, Joe LaBarbera, Clarence Big Miller, Red Rodney and many more talented artists, to numerous to list here. Recently, he was a featured soloist on the hit 2010 Broadway production of Come Fly Away, highlighting the songs of Frank Sinatra and the choreography of Twyla Tharpe.

Winner of a 1993 Juno Award for Best Jazz Recording for his album My Idea, P.J. has received Jazz Report magazine Critics Choice Award for Best Alto Sax for, a record, of seven years from 1993 to 1999.

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