We have a NEW Website!! Forget about this old thing and click on:     http://www.daveandlolayoungman.com       The Dave Youngman Quartet has been entertaining jazz audiences in the Raleigh area since the mid-90's. With the recent addition of the lovely and talented Lola Youngman on vocals, the group has added a bold new dimension to their repertoire and made their on stage performances even more enjoyable. The group's current material includes jazz standards and dozens of popular selections from the greatest American composers of the 20th century, including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and Irving Berlin. They demonstrate respect for the traditions of jazz and combine them with more contemporary interpretations of material from artists such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and even the Beatles.

	The jazz ensemble's fresh new arrangements feature Lola Youngman on vocals. This new material and their expressive renditions of many jazz favorites have been favorably compared to one of the most popular jazz icons of our time, Diana Krall. Each of the musicians in the group have 20 to 30 years of experience in musical performance. Yet one of the key ingredients in their success is that much sought after but seldom captured ability to enhance each other's individual talents, weaving their improvisational skills together in ways where the whole really becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
	Dave Youngman: Piano, sax, clarinet, flute, guitar Lola Youngman: Vocals Alan Heckle: Guitar Steve Boletchek: Bass   Todd Proctor and Todd Ferrell are just two of the fine drummers who play with the group.   The group has recorded two CDs; one featuring Lola's vocals, and an instrumental CD called Usual Suspects . Dave, Alan, and Steve have also combined their talents in a jump blues and swing group known as Marie LeBleu & the Comitz. Their initial CD called Come On Up was favorably reviewed by Billboard magazine in 2002 as "really fine,  an uptown sound that we simply don't hear enough of today." Copies of all three CDs are available on request.
	BOOKING INFO: Dave is available to work as a solo pianist, or in just about any other combination with the others, up to a quintet with Lola on vocals. To book Dave or the band, or for more info, please call Dave or Lola at (919) 870-1223 or email them at daveyoungman@earthlink.net.

	Sample Songs --- Vocal Sample Songs --- Instrumental I Love Being Here With You Autumn Leaves Let's Face The Music And Dance My Funny Valentine They Can't Take That Away From Me My Favorite Things This Can't Be Love Summertime East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon Norwegian Wood Garden In The Rain Song For My Father I Don't Know Enough About You Georgia On My Mind

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