The Harry James Orchestra
FRED RADKE, current leader of The Harry James Orchestra, is a trumpeter supreme, big band conductor, musical clinician and educator, recording artist, composer and arranger, and music consultant and producer. In his sixteenth year as the Seattle Four Seasons Olympic Hotel’s Musical Director, and house big-band leader, starring singing artist Gina Funes, Fred and Gina have captivated hordes of big-band music fans and audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and Canada, including numerous ballrooms across the continent. Fred has made six tours to the Far East and has appeared in leading hotel ballrooms and night clubs throughout the United States and Canada.