The Rhythm and Blues Sessions
Adam Hall and Louis Rebeiro

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Come to the Deep South on the Mississippi Delta all the way to New Orleans for a Fabulous Evening of Rhythm and Blues. The Rhythm and Blues Sessions feature International Award Winning Musician Adam Hall and some of the Velvet Playboys featuring the Amazing Louis Rebeiro on Honky Tonk Piano and Blues and Roots Guitars.

Playing Hit Songs from Ray Charles, Fats Domino, BB King and other Great Jazz and Blues Heroes with a sprinkling of Original Arrangements and Compositions. This promises to be one of the great Rhythm and Blues Events of the year.

“This bluesful version is a showcase for Adam’s delightful trumpet playing, working a crowd. Adam shows his ability and versatility, capturing different moods of jazz, blues and jumping R&B” – Grand Blues Jam Garbsen Hanover, Germany

About the Presenter

Adam Hall is an accomplished Trumpeter, Vocalist and Composer based in Perth, Australia. He studied the craft at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.

In his early career Adam played at the Sydney Olympics and was Artist in Residence at Southbridge Jazz Club, Singapore. He has worked with numerous talents such as: James Morrison, Don Burrows, former leader of the Count Basie Orchestra Frank Foster, Shirley Horn’s band, Vanessa Amorosi and Grace Knight, to name just a few. He has performed and recorded with New Orleans Lumineries Jason Marsalis, Maurice ‘Mobetta’ Brown, Wendell Brunious, Ashlin Parker through the Trumpet Mafia association – leading the Australian version of the Trumpet Mafia. 

After a journey to Cuba, Adam connected to the remaining members of the Buena Vista Social Club including Barbarito Torres, Mirabal, Rolando Luna, Hugo Garzon (original singer of Chan Chan), Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez and Julito Padron. The Cuban Young Guns project that formed from this association has made numerous tours through Australia.

Adam has made tours all over the world with Highlights being the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Ghentse Feesten (Belgium), Rockin Race Jamboree (with Big Jay McNeely – Spain), Jeremy Monteiros Merry Bebop – A Jazzy Christmas (Singapore), Berne Jazz & Blues Sessions in Switzerland in 2014 with Lillian Boutte and members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 2015 opened for UB40 and Nile Rodgers, Hong Kong Concert Hall and the Singapore Jazz Festival (Singjazz – opening for David Foster)

Adam Hall features on Bluesin’ The Groove’s 2013 album ‘Mess Around’, which won Blues Album of the Year in Germany and ranked number 5 in the international list.

In 2005 he formed a classic Rhythm & Blues band, ‘Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys’. The band is an institution of the Australian vintage music scene and renowned for its captivating live performances, marked by slick presentation and raw energy.  

The band’s repertoire is rooted in the Jazz and Rhythm & Blues music of the 40’s and 50’s, from artists such as Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Sammy Davis Junior, Harry Connick Junior, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and The Blues Brothers. They also include a large library of Adam Hall originals and unique arrangements, which can be found on their Seven albums.

DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME

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