We’ll be returning to the APL Winter Reception this year to play a set of holiday jazz tunes. New tunes will include “What Child Is This?,” “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm,” “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?,” “A Marshmallow World,” and “My Favorite Things.” Plus we’ll play some “hits” from last year’s festival. Come on out for some great food and entertainment. We’ll be playing on the main stage in the upper dining area starting at 2:00pm.
Uploaded some songs from the Family Visit Day gig earlier this month. Good gig! Check out the recordings on the Music page. Enjoy.
The cat’s out of the bag! We’re playing this year at APL Family Day on August 3rd from 3-5pm in the Kossi Center.
Stop on by for some cool jazz, cool FREE ice cream, and a rest from this summer heat wave. We’ll be playing 2 sets of jazz classics (and not so classics), everything from swing-to-funk, bop-to-blues, funk-to-calypso, by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Thelonius Monk, and many more. Just look for us where we played at the Holiday Festival, or follow the cool grooves! Hope to see you there.
Experimenting with linking in video. Here is a short segment from the APL Holiday Festival on 12/5/2015, featuring Julius and Adam’s solos on Frosty the Snowman.
After a year, the website was starting to look a little dated. We spruced up the front page a little and put a list of favorite recordings on the MP3 player. Enjoy!
We had a blast playing the Holiday Festival this year. To get you in the holiday spirit, we uploaded the music from our set and some photos. The arrangements of Here Comes Santa Claus (very “Tenor Madness”-ish), God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (sounds a bit like Monk’s “In Walked Bud”), Frosty the Snowman (“Frosty Bossa” as we called it in rehearsal), and Christmas Time Is Here (free piano solo by Julius, love that mute on the trumpet Vivek) were first rate. We hope to be back again next year.
We just updated the Photos page with pictures of our November 4th gig at New Deal Cafe. Check it out!
We’ll be playing a set of Holiday Jazz tunes for our friends and collegues at a private event on December 5th. Ever wonder what Frosty The Snowman sounds like as a Bossa-Nova? Or God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as a 20 bar Swing tune? Then come on out, and have a cup of cheer! Yes, we’ll be doing that one too!
Less than two weeks and counting until we jazz it up at New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt. We’ll be playing a 2-set show with lots of great jazz, from Duke Ellington to Sonny Rollins to Miles Davis to Weather Report. Bring your family and friends! Great food, great atmosphere, and great music at NDC on November 4th. See the Gigs page for links and directions.
Come join us at New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt for some great Lebanese food, drinks, and jazz! We will be playing 2 sets on Wednesday, November 4th, starting at 7:00pm. Admission is free, and NDC is family friendly. Don’t forget to tip the band. See the Gigs page for links and directions.