Jazz-Swing-Pop-Rock This 4 to 20 piece big band orchestra plays in the style of Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack, Michael Bublé, and Harry Conick Jr. This professional orchestra plays venues all over the world, lead by vocalist and frontman, Dave Damiani.  The band also covers popular pop/rock artists from Adele, to Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, and many crowd pleasing tunes in between   Jazz-Swing-Pop-Rock This 4 to 20 piece big band orchestra plays in the style of Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack, Michael Bublé, and Harry Conick Jr.   This professional orchestra plays venues all over the world, lead by vocalist and frontman, Dave Damiani.    The band also covers popular pop/rock artists from Adele, to Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, and many crowd pleasing tunes in between

Dave Richards received both his BM in jazz arranging and his MM in jazz composition from the University of North Texas.  During his time at North Texas Dave played both trumpet and trombone in the GRAMMY-nominated One o'clock Lab Band.  Since graduating from UNT in 2009, Dave has gone on to travel the world with various big bands and touring musical theater productions of broadway shows.  He currently resides in Los Angeles where he works as a freelance brass player, composer, arranger, and band leader.  He has had the pleasure of playing or recording with such artists as California Transit Authority, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, Frank Stallone, Spencer Day, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Mike Barone Big Band, and The Tom Kubis Big Band.  Many of Dave's arrangements can be heard on The University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band albums from 2005 through 2010.  More recently, he has had arrangements recorded by Dave Damiani, featuring artists such as Renee Olstead and Landau Eugene Murphy.  Dave has also been commissioned for multiple compositions and arrangements by different educational and professional bands, including the United States Air Force “Airmen of Note”.  Most recently, he has joined the Oakland soul band, Tower of Power, playing lead trumpet and trombone.

The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern. For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you. The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.