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Earl Okin
Earl Okin
Artist Bio
Earl Okin is one of those rare artistes who is both genuinely versatile and unique!
Equally legendary in the worlds of Jazz, Bossa Nova and Comedy, whether he perform at the great North Sea International Jazz Festival, the Montreal Comedy Festival, a private party entertaining royalty, TV programmes, corporate entertainment, he causes universal excitement and is always invited back.
Hugely experienced, Earl Okin has performed around the world...the following is just a selection of his credits...
He regularly gives full theatre concerts worldwide, has worked on stage with everyone from Paul McCartney to Stephane Grappelly (music) and from Mike Myers to Sacha Baron Cohen (comedy).
He has performed at all major London venues including The London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall.
He has been a headline act on the unforgiving London comedy circuit for decades and performed at the top comedy clubs of LA and New York.
Yet, with his Jazz/Bossa Nova hat on, has performed at everywhere from Ronnie Scott's (London) to Birdland (New york) and the wonderful Cabaret Fasano (Sao Paulo) and Mistura Fina (Rio De Janeiro).
In private parties, he has entertained Queen Elizabeth II and King Karl Gustav XVI (of Sweden), among other celebrities.
He has performed on TV in various European countries and also Australia, Brazil, USA etc.
The most successful performer ever at the world famous Edinburgh Festival, Earl is also in high demand for corporate entertainment.
His music and comedy has appeared on several CDs, the most recent being 'Musical Genius & Sex Symbol' on the SONY label (available on iTunes).
Earl can work anywhere in the European Union without a visa and also holds the top category of US work visa, an 'O1', which defines him as an artiste of international calibre.
Reviews and Quotes
"Age does not matter for he appeals to all from 17 to senility...master of the art of cabaret" Russell Hunter (Edinburgh Evening News).
"Multi-talented musical supremo". Malcolm Hay (Time Out).
"A great fear of audience conquest against the odds". Derek Jewell (The Times) (review of Earl opening for 10,000 people at a Paul McCartney concert).
More crits to be found at http://www.earlokin.com
Specialties
Special Attraction Soloist - instrumental & vocal Popular Vocalist Jazz Vocal
Genre
latin jazz vocal jazz instrumental comedy music comedy Cabaret American Popular Standards