Hello everyone, and thank you for stopping by. I’m David Gonzalez, a man some might say is a wearer of many hats. Well, my favorite “hat” has been that of a jazz vocalist. Over the past four plus decades I’ve shared the stage with musicians who performed with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente to vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn ,Billie Holliday and of course, me. Those were memorable times and over the past several years, I have added to those memorable times with performances with some wonderful jazz musicians in New Orleans. So much so, that for the past three years I’ve been working on a recording project that will feature three different ensembles of New Orleans jazz musicians. The first ensemble features a tribute to New Orleans that I composed along with two other songs with Charlie Miller (Dr. John, Thelonius Monk, Machito, Larry Harlow, Chuck Mangione…), Darrel “Sugar Bear” Francis (the “hardest working man in show business”) and Eric Robinson (a gifted guitarist). I even persuaded Charlie Miller to sing a “New Orleans” song! The second ensemble features Thaddius Richard, piano (has a platinum and gold record for his time with Paul McCartney and Wings), Richard Moten, bass, Gerald French, drums, and for one song, trombonist Rick Trolsen. The third ensemble features Lawrence Sieberth, piano, Richard Moten, bass, Gerald French, drums, Andrew Baham, trumpet, and Alexey Marti (from Cuba), latin percussion. This was indeed a labor of love and I hope you will enjoy this "Jazz Gumbo" experience. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!