Jazz Five is one of the best young European jazz bands playing blues, jive, boogie and New Orleans funk with loads of energy, power, sing-along and a great sense of humour. The band gets its inspiration from Fats Domino, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, Dr. John, Ray Charles and Chuck Berry, just to mention a few. Two saxophones in front, a hard swinging rhythm section and worldclass boogie piano makes the setup complex and unique.
Jazz Five is an extremely experienced band and have played more than 700 shows since 1996 al(most) over the world from British Columbia (CA) to Holland and Sweden. No matter if the band performs at festivals, jazzclubs or privat parties, the 5 young guys always deliver a fabulous show.
Jazz Five has released 3 albums the last 5 years. Latest recording from 2008 is called â€Live ’08â€. Press play and listen to Jazz Five, a hard partying audience and 12 versions of classics as â€Pay me my money downâ€, â€Never can tell†and â€Reet Petite†played in own style and with own arrangements.
But Jazz Five is more than that, and cannot be described simply as a stage band. It's a show with loads of energy and they love to surprise the audience in every performance. At the same time the band never forgets the importance of the tradition in the music and it is always extremely well played. You can really feel each member of the band lets his immense joy of playing shine through all the way.
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