Earl Okin's career as an entertainer
dates back to his first television
appearance on the BBC in 1959
when he was twelve years old.
A member of the swinging London
scene of the 1960's, Earl made
his first single for EMI at
Abbey Road Studios, 1967, culminating
in his being chosen by Paul
McCartney to be the opening
act for his "Wings"
tour.
Earl has performed all over
the world either as a jazz singer/songwriter
or musical-comedian, or both.
In New York, for example, his
engagements have ranged from
Caroline's Comedy Club to jazz
clubs such as the Iridium. He
can count as fans such jazz
luminaries as Benny Carter,
Milt Hinton, and Tommy Flanagan.
Earl regularly performs his
ever-growing repertoire of original
Bossa Nova music at venues in
Brazil entirely in Portuguese.
Performing his unusual mix of
humorous songs and hot jazz,
Earl has charmed people all
over the world with his "trumpet"
without a trumpet improvisations;
and has often been invited to
perform at functions given by
England's Royal family.
Some selections from his upcoming
Juniper Records CD release can
be heard as MP3's available
on this page.
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