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Recent Gigs

My appearance at Feinstein's at the Regency, New York City

With Derek Jones on bass, Dean Slocum on piano, Dwayne Norman on drums

Michael Feinstein, Crystal Gayle, and me backstage
Magic night fronting my own big band at the Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN

Cole Burgess on lead alto takes a ride

Singing to a Jeff Steinberg chart

Dennis Solee burning the house down on "Straight, No Chaser"
Wailing on the Vortex, Sedona, Arizona

Rick Lonow listens to the echoes

I got applause from a distant mountain
Rockin' at Brown's Diner, Nashville

Mike Loudermilk on guitar,
Toni Sehulster on bass
Bluebird Cafe Anniversary Show, Nashville

Quando Condo at the Bluebird Cafe party
(l to r): me, Roberto Bianco, Rick Lonow, Vicki Carrico, Michael Johnson, Frank Sheen

Jay's Roadcase of Memories


With my therapist
(she looks a lot like Crystal Gayle...)

Glenn Miller Band Bus
Larry Fisher, Larry Bell, Bob Dogan, me

The New Swing Combo
Chris Enghauser on bass

Jay Patten Band (L to R):
Toni Sehulster, Ralph Vitello, Jay, Larry Chaney, Tommy Wells

Drummer Jim White and me
Crystal Gayle Band

 


A promo picture somewhere along the way


I need to cut my hair, put on a hat,
pick up my alto and play the blues.

What's wrong with this horn? I think I'll switch to Yamaha...

The Glenn Miller Band in London
L to R: Richie Barz, me, Loretta St. John


My friends the Everly Brothers
L to R: Don Everly, Phil Everly, me
Jerry McEwen in foreground


Crystal Gayle Band in Europe
L to R: Me, Jim Totoian, Larry Schwartz, Alan Steinberger,
Bob Patin, Tony Newman, Chris Leuzinger, Steve Garrard

Arranger Jeff Steinberg & me,
Berklee School of Music

Northern Ireland


The Mad Dogs
(L to R): Mike Foley, Bob Biles (Roberto Bianco), Jay, Clark Furlow, Steve Uzzle

Notice the dog collars!


I was still searching for a stage name
(check out the shoes!)


Taking a solo!
Jim Ferguson on bass


Posing for a TV promo for a kid's show pilot,
Cypress Gardens, Florida

I WAS 15, and we played in an Acme Market in Asbury Park, NJ; my dad, Carmine Pellecchia, ran the store.
We were set up between the fruits and vegetables.

With the Glenn Miller Band in Japan
(that's me in the black tux)

Belfast, Northern Ireland
L to R: Tony Newman, me, Steve "Gyro" Garrard

Guy Clark & me at Mississippi Whiskers

Rehearsing the Atlanta Symphony, Crystal Gayle Show

My band at the Bluebird Cafe
L to R: Larry Chaney, Jerry McEwen, unknown drummer, me, Alan Steinberger

Singing "Black Hat & Saxophone"
on The Nashville Network

Buddy DeFranco, the world's greatest
jazz clarinetist, is trying my alto sax
(that's me in foreground left)

The making of the "Black Hat" video
featured on VH-1

With pianist Bob Patin in London
...Waiting for the subway

Bassist Duncan Mullins, me, guitarist Chris Leuzinger
Crystal Gayle Band

My friend Tony Newman at the drums,
Crystal Gayle Band

Mugging it up in Las Vegas
Jim Totoian (facing backwards), me,
my friend & saxophone hero Richie Cole

 

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