ALBERT GALLI
Clarinet and Vocals
Albert has been teaching instrumental music for 27 years. He is currently
the band and orchestra director at Columbia Middle School in Aurora. He
started his group, the Dixieland Express, in 1988. Until that time, he
played only classical music. The learningexperience about the Dixieland
style came by playing the the Claim Jumpers (Bill clark's UCD band).
Since its forming, Albert's band has performed in the metro area quite a
bit. It has been part of the Central City Jazz Festival, the Boulder Jazz
Festival, has performed twice at the Jazz in the Sangres Festival in
Westcliff, and has made appearances in our own "Dixieland Jazz on the
Lawn" Summer Series, as well as concerts in the park throughout the area.