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John Pearce

Presented by The Depot Café and Bookstore at Depot Café and Bookstore, Mill Valley CA

Feb 08 - 22 2024

John Pearce

Gentle, lyrical and thoughtful, John Pearce is one of Britain’s most respected & versatile musicians

John Pearce @ The Depot!
* Thursday, February 8 & 22, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Gentle, lyrical and thoughtful, John Pearce is one of Britain’s most respected and versatile musicians and one of our best kept secrets. John became interested in jazz as a twelve-year old.

He played his first gigs locally in Essex, before turning professional in 1968, working in Geraldo’s Navy, and then joined the QE2 for her maiden voyage to New York in 1969. From 1975 to 1985 he was in Ray Ellington’s Quartet and did two world cruises and radio and TV work; and became a regular session player, with the BBC Radio Orchestra, Jack Parnell’s Orchestra, Robert Farnon, Billy May, and with the James Last Orchestra.

His jazz work has taken him all over the world. He has accompanied many singers, including Anita O’Day, Selina Jones, Peggy Lee, Elaine Delmar and Annie Ross, Mark Murphy and a multitude of instrumentalists: Dick Morrisey, Art Farmer, Woody Shaw, Kenny Davern, Warren Vache, Eddie Daniels, Ken Peplowski, Tommy Whittle and Ronnie Scott.