BIOGRAPHIES
"FRANKIE DAVIS JUNIOR"
The coolest, baddest, nicest, politest rabble rouser this side of New York City.
The King of Swing, the Captain of Croon, the Sultan of Swoon, the Ruler of Staying Cooler….
Here to croon and make you swoon.
From the mean streets of 1960’s New York City, to the highs of Las Vegas.
From high profile romance, trouble with the law, fighting for justice, coming to the aid of dames in distress...all the way to modern day Australia in the 2020’s…
Frankie Davis Junior is your man for music from the Crooners, the 60’s, and more classics. From jazz classics, musical masterpieces, through to toe tapping dance classics….bring your tissues for the tears and your dancing shoes to party (and maybe your overnight bag).
Class and sophistication, from these cool cats.
The music of Frank Sinatra, Dean martin, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Englebert Humperdinck, and many more 60s classics.
Crooning equals swooning!
Let Australia’s “King of Swing” take you on a classy musical journey through the years.
DARREN "HOT LIPS" HOTTON
Clarinet & Saxophone...and others...
Darren emerged out of the underground sax playing street hugging circuits of inner Melbourne in the 1980’s.
Darren was a professional cuddler, renowned for his pro bono work with destitute saxophonists and flautists.
With a combination of adding holistic healing and Clarinet to his street hugging repertoire, Darren staved off poverty and hunger, launching a food kitchen and Benefits advice hotline for poverty stricken clarinet players in the 1990’s.
The rest, as they say, is history, but be warned….when you mix with Darren “Hot Lips, Warm Heart” Hotton, the urge for hugging and emotional healing can overwhelm.
GORDON "ROCKY" DUNN
Double Bass
We welcome Gordon “Rocky” Gunn back to music following his high profile two terms as Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
During his term Gordon was instrumental in brokering a peace accord between the Chechen rebel Bass Playing Association and The African National Congress of Drumming professionals, following a dispute over who maintained tempo in international jazz classics.
Welcome back, Gordon
NEAL "THE REAL DEAL" DENTON
Guitar
Neal “The Real Deal” Denton
Neal joins the show fresh from his stunning success on Lifestyle Channel’s hit “MasterChef MasterJazz” show.
In the grand final, Neal staved off French gourmet and flautist Jean du Marigny, cooking a five course cordon bleu crepe themed five star master piece comprising waffles, escargot, and frogs legs, while simultaneously playing Count Bassey’s full post modernist hybrid / jazz blues collection.
Welcome, and well done Neal
GRANT "THE BRAIN" WEINSTEIN
Drums
Cat Pack drummer Grant Weinstein splits his time between The Cat Pack, and his corporate responsiblities as founder and CEO of global jazz fitness franchise Jazzometrics Hi Fit.
Jazzometrics Hi Fit combines hi intensity calisthenics with simultaneous playing from an approved jazz set list.
One wrong note or loss of exercise form leads to suspension from Jazzometrics Hi Fit.
Now head of a global multi media fitness and entertainment conglomerate, we welcome Grant “The Brain” Weinstein
GERARD CROUCH
Guitar
Gerard “The Guru” Crouch….the lost years.
After a stellar start to his musical career, Gerard took a spiritual sabbatical in the 2010’s, to find himself and his place in the Universe.
A staunch advocate of Jazz based Zenjazz meditation, Gerard lived as a religious ascetic, splitting his time between New Orleans and the Himalayan retreat of Sri Chin Strum.
Gerard’s spiritual epiphany emerged when he returned to music as “The man of a thousand chords”.
Be prepared to be elevated to a new realm by the sultry spirituality of Gerard. “The Guru” Crouch