Nice video found on YouTube of the Kravis Center for the Arts Performance – West Palm Beach, Florida 12/30/2009. Thanks, Frank!

Review: As a musician, Woody’s a magician in lively Phil concert» Naples Daily News: “Although the event was billed as ‘Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band,’ one gets the feeling that the band is a true equal partnership. No one musician is more important — even if he does have an Oscar — than the rest. Each of the other musicians, in true New Orleans band form, was allowed to shine, playing solos in almost every song. Several band members also lent their voices to some of the songs, including Zigmont singing ‘Over in the Gloryland’ and drummer Gill’s fun rendition of ‘Aba Daba Honeymoon.’”

Jazz man Woody Allen plays music purely for pleasure  | Palm Beach Entertainment: Events, movies, restaurants, nightlife & more | pbpulse.com: “‘I have no illusions about my playing,’ Allen says, when asked about his band, with whom he plays clarinet each week at New York’s Carlyle Hotel, and with whom he’s traveled the world. (The documentary Wild Man Blues follows one of their European tours.)

‘The guys in the band are sensational, and could play anywhere without impunity. They carry me along. I get by on the fact that I’m a celebrity from the movies,’ he says. ‘That cuts me a lot of slack. I’m enthusiastic over (music) and dedicated to it, but I have no real gift for it.’”

While we are off in Austin, Naples and West Palm Beach, I’ll be posting some “on the road” candid photos and video. Stay tuned for updates and Follow Me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/JerryZ

Sorry for being so infrequent with blog updates. Here are our December 2009 dates in the US and a European Tour in March 2010. This is a next to complete schedule with NO additional dates to be added.

December – US Tour Performances 2009
28th December 2009 – Austin, Texas – Paramount Theater
29th December 2009 – Naples, Florida – The Philharmonic
30th December 2009 – West Palm Beach, Florida – Kravis Center

March 2010 – Europe Tour Performances
20th March 2010 – Munich, DE – Philharmonic Gasteig
21st March 2010 – Hamburg, DE – Schauspielhaus
22nd March 2010 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom
23rd March 2010 – travel
24th March 2010 – Vienna, AT – Stadthalle
25th March 2010 – Geneva, CH – Arena
26th March 2010 – Luxembourg – Philharmonie
27th March 2010 – travel
28th March 2010 – Barcelona, ES – Palau de la Musica
29th March 2010 – Madrid, ES Auditorio
30th March 2010 – Milan, IT
31st March 2010 – Rome, IT Academia Santa Cecilia

Dec. 28, 2008 -
WARSAW, Poland – An audience of almost 3,000 clapped and cheered as Woody Allen and his jazz band gave their first ever concert in Poland on Sunday.

The filmmaker, playing the clarinet, was accompanied by his New Orleans Jazz Band for a performance of traditional jazz.

“We will do our best to entertain you,” Allen told the audience at Warsaw’s biggest concert hall, Sala Kongresowa, at the beginning of the two-hour concert.

Allen’s solo parts, as well as those of other band members, were welcomed with applause. He received a standing ovation at the end.

The 73-year-old Academy Award winner rarely performs in large venues or outside New York City, where he lives.

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John Gill

John Gill is a special guest on Time After Island Time
A series welcoming musicians from the Woody Allen & Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band
Produced by Paul Leslie and Jeff Pike

Introducing John Gill, drummer with the Eddy Davis & Woody Allen New Orleans Jazz Band!  John Gill is one of those people who is a complete music lover.  Growing up in New York City, John Gill’s eclectic musical tastes ranged from country singers like Gene Autry to greats like Liberace.  Music has brought him to live and perform in many different parts of America, from San Francisco to New Orleans where has has played everywhere from the French Quarter’s Bourbon Street bars all the way to the famed Preservation Hall.  John Gill’s interest in jazz is in the traditional form, and his playing and grasp of the New Orleans style earned him a spot in the Woody Allen and Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, with which he performs every Monday evening at the Carlyle in New York City.

In addition to drums, Gill plays trombone, banjo, and guitar.  His love of music runs deep and with several groups (including The Jazz Kings, the Yerba Buena Stompers, the Delta Stompers) he has recorded and preserved older styles of jazz that is sadly becoming more and more rare.  We invite you to hear his interview, and some of the most incomparable music around! Tune into Time After Island Time from anywhere in the world on Radio JimmyDreamz via www.radio.jimmydreamz.com

Monday – 3:00 PM – November 17, 2008
Wednesday – 9:00 AM – November 19, 2008
Thursday – MIDNIGHT – November 20, 2008
Saturday – 8:00 PM – November 22, 2008
*All Broadcasts are Eastern Time*
For more information check out www.timeafterislandtime.blogspot.com
and www.woodyallenband.com

Conal Fowkes is a special guest on Time After Island Time
A series welcoming musicians from the Woody Allen & Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band
Produced by Paul Leslie and Jeff Pike

On this episode of Time After Island Time we meet Conal Fowkes, pianist with the Woody Allen New Orleans Jazz Band. Of English heritage, but born in Africa, Conal Fowkes has studied many styles of music from around the world. having spent much of his childhood in Mexico, he was influenced by many Latin styles (Musica Tropical). Conal Fowkes plays the piano with the Woody Allen New Orleans Jazz Band, but is also a vocalist, double bassist and music teacher. He is an advocate of the Tin Pan Alley style of songwriting and has released “Dizzy Fingers,” a solo album covering these songs.

Conal Fowkes is a man who understand the international language of music, and is preserving Tin Pan Alley music and also traditional New Orleans Jazz. Tune into Time After Island Time from anywhere in the world on Radio JimmyDreamz via www.radio.jimmydreamz.com

Monday – 3:00 PM – November 10, 2008
Wednesday – 9:00 AM – November 12, 2008
Thursday – MIDNIGHT – November 13, 2008
Saturday – 8:00 PM – November 15, 2008

*All Broadcasts are Eastern Time*
For more information check out http://www.timeafterislandtime.blogspot.com
and http://www.jerryzigmont.com