Cabaret Evening
with
Dominic Alldis

Friday 30th April, 7.30 pm,
St Leonards-Mayfield School Concert Hall

Urbane singer & pianist Dominic Alldis will entertain us with a sophisticated show celebrating songs from the Great American Songbook.

His programme will include favourites by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart, as well as British songs by
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward. He will be accom-
panied by a swinging rhythm-section featuring Andrew Cleyndert (bass), Tristan Maillot (drums) and the eminent jazz saxophonist Paul Booth.

‘He shows a winning combination of old-style British charm and new style-keyboard skill. He‘s a class act.’ Evening Standard

Dominic Alldis began his musical career in 1982 in Paris, studying jazz piano with Aaron Bridgers and Bernard Maury, while accompanying singers in the chanson repertoire of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Joseph Kosma, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Aznavour and Michel Legrand.

In 1984, he returned to the UK to become resident-pianist at London's premiere cabaret venue, Pizza on the Park. During a two-year residency he played opposite many of the world's leading cabaret entertainers, including Blossom Dearie, Steve Ross, Dave Frishberg, Bob Dorough, Andrea Marcovicci and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, as well as celebrated jazz pianists Teddy Wilson, Dave McKenna and Roger Kellaway.

In 1996 he launched the record label, Canzona Music, to record a series of vocal-jazz albums: Turn Out The Stars - the songs of Bill Evans, If Love Were All - the songs of Noël Coward and Watch What Happens - the songs of Michel Legrand.

For the last 10 years, Dominic has also cultivated a career as a business speaker, exploring music as a metaphor for the world of business. In 2001, he founded Music & Management to launch a range of musical presentations for executive training programmes. His client-base is now worldwide and he makes frequent trips to New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Bangkok, Brussels, Barcelona and Paris to speak about the power of music.

Dominic is on the staff at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he gives classes in improvisation for classical pianists and opera singers. In 2006, he directed 'Jazz Singing for Classical Singers', a two-day masterclass at the RAM. He has also written two highly successful books, "A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano Harmony" and "A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano Improvisation", both published worldwide by the Hal Leonard Corporation.

Dominic was born into a family of classical musicians; his mother is a violinist and his father the renowned choral conductor John Alldis. Consequently, he has always maintained a keen interest in classical music and now divides his time between lecturing, jazz and conducting orchestras. In 2000 he was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2009 he became a Steinway Artist.