HAPPY HOLIDAYS to ALL!!!

There is an exceptional concert in Willimantic, CT on Sunday, December 15th. Al is honored to be included in David “Lefty” Foster’s Shaboo All-stars with an amazing lineup: James Montgomery, John Cafferty, Jeff Pitchell, Al Copley, Leon Pendarvis, Mitch Chakour, Cliff Goodwin, Bill Holloman, Baron Raymonde, Marty Richards, Wolf Ginandes, Steve Gaspar, The Uptown Horns, and of course the Irreplaceable Davis “Lefty” Foster altogether on one stage in one concert. We are fundraising for the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic.

Then there is a Happy Return to the Palm Court in The Boca Raton in South Florida again this winter, January 6 through April 17th.

The Highlight of 2024 was Al’s induction into The New England Music Hall of Fame.

The full daily schedule can be found here.

Impressions of a little boy in a Ford with his family moving from snowy Buffalo, New York to sunny Palo Alto, California (then the Promised Land) in 1956. Al performs the Cactus Jump at the 1993 Montreux Jazz Festival on the Blues Summit opening for Etta James and BB King. With Deep Appreciation for Claude Nobs and Willy Leiser. https://youtu.be/ns-8xkSm0SE

The newest CD, “A Summer Place” is available exclusively at AlCopley.com. Listen here and Buy here.

Here’s a recent interview with Michael Limnios.

These are all contracted dates. Occasionally there are unexpected changes to this list, but if you'd like any more info directly from us, please contact us. After all, you make the gig ! If you have a date you'd like to book, please contact us as well in that case -- maybe we can rearrange the book to accommodate you.

The banner photo is from the Knickerbocker Music Center, taken by the marvelously talented blues photographer Joe Rosen.

All Al Copley CDs are on sale at concerts, and here to listen to and to purchase.

(See Schedule for all dates and info.)

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-- Duke Ellington, "Music is my Mistress." p. 38

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