Swing Shift:
The band's founder and business manager, Richard has many years of experience as a band leader. He calls the tunes and covers the bottom end with his Big Baritone Sax. Richards is the one who keeps the band going.
" Swing Shift " consists of 12 members, a 6 piece horn section: Bari sax, Tenor sax, Alto sax, Trombone, 2 Trumpet's, & a 5 piece Rhythm section consisting of guitar, bass, keyboard, drums & 2 lead vocalist! We will swing you all night long! Our sound is one of the "hottest" swing sound's in California!
The Shake band provides musical entertainment for weddings, corporate special events and parties throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.
Whether you want to boogie the night away with that irresistible motown beat, or dance to your favorite swing , disco, or rock classics, Shake is always a real crowd pleaser!
The Slicked Up 9's:
One fine spring day, way back in 1998... a handful of hepster-wanna-be's talked about how great it'd be to get a band together. One of their roomates, who was currently planning a party, was tired of listening to all their talk and said, "Why don't you just get that damn band together and play at my party!" They all laughed at the idea, then stopped and caught each other's eyes in a sudden bout of serious realization... 2 weeks later, a thrown together show was underway and people liked it... they actually liked us! ...
Wally Bechtold - Tenor Sax
Donnie Farrell - Vocals / Trombone
Matt Hefner - Baritone Sax / Piano
Adam Hershberger - Trumpet
Greg Hild - Alto Sax
Brad Scheller - Vocals / Upright Bass
Matt Scheller - drums
Greg Snyder - Guitar
Dave Gerard - Trumpet
Scott Shirey - Guitar
Bob Andreucci - Trumpet
Iggy Calabria - Guitar
Matt Cochran - Trumpet
Tyrone Fredericks, Jr. - Tenor Sax
Michael Mollo - Guitar
Chad Tracy - Guitar
Swing Fever: San Francisco's pre-eminent swing jazz band; classic big band sound; available for weddings, corporate events, parties in northern California; national concerts and recordings.
Swing Fever's instrumentation is a bit unusual for a small-combo swing band, discarding the normal piano for a guitar, and sidestepping the trumpet in favor of a blend of trombone and two saxophones.
We feel this music is clever, fun, romantic, classy and witty. We're crazy for it. Careful, you'll catch Swing Fever, too.
Welcome to the Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Website:
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are one of the top Swingin' Jazz and Blues bands in the world. Sultry chanteuse Lavay Smith evokes a sensuous era of Jazz queens and sexy pinups and adds a modern, feminist twist. No wonder Los Angeles Magazine chose her as one of the sexiest people around! Whether singing her own compositions or drawing on a large repertoire of classics, Lavay and her all-star 8-piece band bake up an instant recipe for dancing and good times ...
Lavay Smith, vocalist and bandleader of the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, grew up in Southern California and the Phillipines. She has become an internationally recognized Diva of Jazz & Blues, a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page, with a singing style influenced by Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Little Esther Phillips and other legendary greats ...
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers maintain a busy schedule, including extensive touring throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. They have performed at many prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, The Chicago Jazz Festival, The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Playboy Jazz Festival at The Hollywood Bowl, The San Francisco Blues Festival, The Toronto Jazz Festival, The Santa Barbara Jazz Festival, The Ottawa Jazz Fesitval, The San Francisco Jazz Festival, The Salt Lake City Jazz Festival, The Doheny Blues Festival and Jazz Aspen/Snowmass ...
Swing Nouveau, the big band hep cats that are spreading the new gospel of cool with some of the hottest swing sounds around. Milwaukee's premiere big band will swing your socks off with our aggressive jumpin' style. We play danceable, high-energy, jump & swing tunes of the 30 Ős, 40 Ős, 50's, & 90's. Solid rhythms combined with an awesome horn section guarantees that our music will get you jumpin' Jack!. And let me tell you, pumpkin, once all those horns get up to full throttle, it's hard to keep the roof on the joint!