PORT ST. LUCIE PEOPLE
FORT PIERCE JAZZ & BLUES SOCIETY
To contact: call 460.JAZZ (5299)
or send an email to info@jazzsociety.org
For more information:
www.jazzsociety.org
To make Debbie happy, they left the cruise ship world and
settled in Port St. Lucie working from Miami to the Treasure
Coast in country clubs as a duo. When Debbie got a great position
with the Radise International (an engineering firm) in West
Palm Beach, Bestor opened a studio, recording and reworking
tracks of various instruments so when he appeared at smaller
venues he sounded much fuller than playing piano solo.
Eight years ago, Bestor and the jazz society joined forces.
He was elected president in 2009. Since then the organization
has really taken off in the community.
“It was like I was in a training program to do this job all my
life,” Bestor said. “I had to have computer skills, had to know
people, manage people. I had to know about the musical part
of it, too. Many of the high-end musicians gravitate to the
more professional and well-known talent and they know I
expect excellence on the stage.”
Claudio Berardi, a drummer who works with Bestor in the
clubs, is the society’s vice president. He believes Bestor’s high
standards has elevated the organization. The group has also
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BESTOR FAMILY COLLECTION
The Jack Benny Program aired on NBC Radio with Don Bestor Sr. as its
>> bandleader during the 1940s.
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