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COME TOGETHER with John Daversa for the making of the new album, Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Music of THE BEATLES!

"A while ago, a good friend of mine asked me to write a “Daversafied” arrangement of a classic Beatles tune. I thought to myself, “wow, what a monumental challenge!” How do you take such classic material, remain reverent to the original intention and spirit of The Beatles, create a fresh vision with new twists and turns--and make it identifiably your own,--“Daversafy” it? The challenge intrigued me so much that I decided to create a full-length album for the big band. Let’s go!

I’ve since delved deep into the immensely rich Beatles catalog and fallen in love--as so many music lovers have. I’ve “reimagined” the music for the JD Big Band personalities and expanded the instrumentation to include tuba, bassoon, oboe, alto flute, piano, string section, a chorus of singers, and more—truly an expanded Large Jazz Ensemble! Vocalist Renee Olstead and spoken word artist, Katisse Buckingham will also join us on the album.

I would like to invite you to take this journey with us as we create, refine, and record this very special, extraordinary project. We ask for your pledges to bring this large undertaking to fruition.

So many of you have been such loyal supporters and I am eternally grateful. With your pledges you will receive exclusive updates, with pictures, videos, tracks, and more. We will make this a fun ride! We’ve also created a list of other exclusive items and experiences. Take a look—there is an abundance of cool things to get involved with!

By pledging, you’ll get the new album before anyone else, plus I’ll keep you in the loop throughout the entire creating, rehearsing, organizing, and recording experience.

This is not just another Beatles cover album. It oozes gratitude, integrity, humility, fun, reverence, freshness, love—all the while, keeping the spirit and personality of the JD Big Band, always pushing the music forward!

In addition, a portion of pledges will go to a great organization that is working to keep music education in our schools, Save the Music Foundation.

So please, join in the fun, its time to COME TOGETHER!

With IMMENSE Gratitude,
John Daversa