Monday 2 December 2013

Tonight at The Musician, Leicester (2/12): The Jitterbug Vipers plus The Toy Hearts


The Jitterbug Vipers
Monday 2nd December
£7adv £8door
plus The Toy Hearts
The Jitterbug Vipers specialize in a cult jazz offshoot called “viper music,” a screeching U-Turn back to the party where jazz music packed the dance floor and dazzled the audience with brilliant streams of improvisatory musicianship.

Steeped in the ribald wit, quaint sophistication, and graceful virtuosity of classic artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, the Jitterbug Vipers make the sound their own. “We don’t think of ourselves as a jazz band,” says bassist Francie Meaux Jeaux. “We think of ourselves as a 1930s rock band. We just wail.” Raucous and refined, toking and swinging, the Austin-based quartet draws the crowd into its heady bliss whenever and wherever it takes the stage.

Support comes from The Toy Hearts, one of the UK’s hottest acoustic acts right now whose style of music neatly places them at the forefront of the resurgence of interest in folk and Americana music.

Fronted by sisters Hannah (mandolin) and Sophia (guitar), accompanied by banjo/dobro, bass and fiddle, the band draws upon the genres of Bluegrass, Western Swing and Gypsy Jazz for inspiration.


Remember; always check with the venue before travelling, or grab a ticket direct from the site: www.themusicianpub.co.uk

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