Solomon Douglas is a beloved dance teacher, musician and bandleader, known and respected throughout the worldwide swing dancing community; his bands have played at dance events everywhere. From September to December of 2006, he toured the United States and Japan as a member of the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. He is now living on road, working as a freelance musician and dance instructor.
Solomon's bands (including the Solomon Douglas Swingtet, Back Pocket, Corner Pocket, and the Solomon Douglas Trio) have played at countless exchanges, camps, workshops, and other events in North America, Asia, and Australia since 2000. His experience as a swing dancer and dance instructor gives him an understanding unique among musicians of the music that swing dancers and blues dancers like to dance to!
His influences as a pianist include Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk. His small groups (such as the Solomon Douglas Trio) play a mixture of musical styles including blues, old-school swing, and groovy mainstream swinging jazz with tinges of bop and soul-jazz.