Hank Victor Trio:
Hank Victor guitar
Tom Ferrante reeds
Mike Ball String Bass
Hank Victor delivers swing arrangements of
compositions by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter.
Hank is a former guitarist with the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony
Orchestras, as is multi-instrumental reed-man, Tom Ferrante.
They work well together - backed by Mike
Ball, string bass, who likes to scat along to his solos, like Slam
Stewart.
How High The Moon,
Sweet Georgia Brown
Mr. Bojango
Girl From Ipanema
Killer Joe
Moonlight in Vermont
Green Dolphin St. (for St. Patrick's Day)
Lady Be Good
Honeysuckle Rose
Lady Be Good
Mood Indigo
"The whole concert involved good old Jazz and Swing numbers with
beautiful harmonies which were dessert for the ears!"
Betty Weaver
Bios:
Hank Victor has been a professional guitarist and electric
bassist for over fifty years. He has performed with the Boston Pops
and Boston Symphony Orchestras and has recently been leading swing
jazz groups at Bullfinch's Restaurant and the Sherborn Inn.
Currently, he teaches guitar and electric bass at Boston College.
Most of Tom Ferrante's performing career has been in the Colonial, Schubert and Wang Theaters of Boston. A retired Associate Professor of Saxophone at UMass-Lowell and former director of Bands at Waltham High School, Tom was also a member of the Herb Pomeroy and Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestras. Tom has been a featured jazz clarinet soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra under John Williams and Keith Lockhart.
Michael Ball began his musical career in the midwest playing concerts and club dates with such Jazz greats as Jay McShan, Clark Terry, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, R&B legend Bo Diddley, The Coasters and many more. Michael is a New England Conservatory graduate and has received numerous awards.
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Photos, not from Bullfinch's)
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