On 7 October at 7.00 pm at the “Siguldas Devons” Cultural Center, the group “Big Al & The Jokers” with former soloist Alģirdas Šuminskas decided to invite friends and admirers to the anniversary musical party, where they will also present their first original album “The Jokers Boogie”. “Big Al & The Jokers” has nine attractive musicians, one of the rare Latvian groups who perform in such a broad composition with a full brass section, making complex interpretations of the best swing, rhythm’n’blues, rock’n ‘possible. rolls of pieces.
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The virtuoso Romāns Sellņš, artistic director of the group, plays the piano, Raitis Aukšmuksts plays the drums, Juris Skrajāns plays the guitar, while the always benevolent Pēteris Liepiņš plays the double bass. The brass formation remains unchanged – saxophonists Eduards Raubiško, Zintis Žvarts, trumpet – Sandris Skeranskis, trombone – Uldis Ziediņš. And, of course, you can’t do without the “face” and quality mark of the group – the attractive singer Alģirdas Šuminskas, aka Big Al. Thanks to him, the current repertoire of the group has expanded with several well-known jive compositions , popular blues and jazz.
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