Cowboy Jazz (The Genre) July 19th in Fairfax CA
Posted: 1 Jul 2009 10:43 am
The manager of the 19 Broadway nightclub in Fairfax, California, is a big jazz fan. I used to play there with a fine little jump vocal group called Le Riff Raff.
A little over a year ago I managed to slip my western swing band, the Lone Star Retrobates in there, and we have been there every month on a regular basis. It has been going over like gangbusters. We are going to be playing twice monthly: on the first and third Sunday afternoon of each month, 3 to 6 PM.
We are mixing up swing and cowboy jazz pretty well-- trying to put real swing harmony into the WS repertoire instead of the usual cornball harmony you hear. It's eight pieces: guitar, vocalist, sax/clarinet, standup bass, drums, trumpet, fiddle, and me on steel, yodelling and doubling fiddle on the twin parts. Everybody sings, but our vocalist, Bryan Adams, is a young guy from Texas who I promise you is the best WS singer in Northern California.
19 Broadway is right next to the movie theater on the main drag of Fairfax. You can't miss it.
Come on over and introduce yourself.
BTW, Bob Wills' favorite drummer, Johnny Cuviello, will often sit in and do his 1948 Wills hit "The Texas Drummer Boy." Cuvie is an alumnus of the band and always welcome. We are thinking he will come up for a visit in September. Stay tuned.
Mylos Sonka
BTW check out: http://www.lonestarretrobates.com
A little over a year ago I managed to slip my western swing band, the Lone Star Retrobates in there, and we have been there every month on a regular basis. It has been going over like gangbusters. We are going to be playing twice monthly: on the first and third Sunday afternoon of each month, 3 to 6 PM.
We are mixing up swing and cowboy jazz pretty well-- trying to put real swing harmony into the WS repertoire instead of the usual cornball harmony you hear. It's eight pieces: guitar, vocalist, sax/clarinet, standup bass, drums, trumpet, fiddle, and me on steel, yodelling and doubling fiddle on the twin parts. Everybody sings, but our vocalist, Bryan Adams, is a young guy from Texas who I promise you is the best WS singer in Northern California.
19 Broadway is right next to the movie theater on the main drag of Fairfax. You can't miss it.
Come on over and introduce yourself.
BTW, Bob Wills' favorite drummer, Johnny Cuviello, will often sit in and do his 1948 Wills hit "The Texas Drummer Boy." Cuvie is an alumnus of the band and always welcome. We are thinking he will come up for a visit in September. Stay tuned.
Mylos Sonka
BTW check out: http://www.lonestarretrobates.com