CREATIVE CUTS - The Mark Pradella Band

The Jazz and Blues Collective present The Mark Pradella Band with Peter Vance - ‘Smooth‘n’Grooves’ on Sunday March 2.

Mark Pradella is an experienced woodwind player/band leader/arranger and is currently Head of Woodwind and Bands at St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly. 

He has recently worked on a project which involved many of his past students, bringing together horn players, strings and vocalists along with his regular band to form a 20-piece group which recorded an album together entitled That’s the Way of the World.

This ambitious project was a huge success and the album is now in 196 countries and on 200 music media platforms including YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.

The performance at the Jazz and Blues Collective will feature a scaled-down band who will be doing some of the songs from the album. Mark, playing clarinet, tenor, alto and soprano sax and his band, along with vocalist Peter Vance will present exciting arrangements of tunes from a mixture of musical styles – jazz, swing, blues, funk, Latin and more. 

Millwell Road Community Centre, 11 Millwell Rd East. Maroochydore. Music 1.30 to 4pm (doors open 1pm). A coffee van will be on site from 12.30pm, BYO liquor licence, you are welcome to bring your own food and drinks. Enquiries: info@sassyjazz.com.au, bookings: stickytickets.com.au/jazzandbluescollective