#911 - Alan Chez

The Alan Chez Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

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We’ve got an interview from the archives with Alan Chez, sometimes called Al Chez. So let me explain what you’re about to hear.

This is an interview with trumpet and flugelhorn player Alan Chez. He was a member of Paul Shaffer’s CBS Orchestra starting in 1997. From there he started his own band: Al Chez and the Brothers of Funk Big Band. 

Alan Chez has also toured with Bon Jovi, Robert Cray, Tower of Power, Young Rascals, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Maynard Ferguson, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds Band, Ben E. King, Sam & Dave as well as many other artists and bands. Quite a resume, huh?

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Well, we gotta start the interview portion. Let’s hear what your host Paul Leslie and Al Chez had to say. In fact, how about we listen together?