Music:
Member Since: 11/06/2007
Band Website: http://www.palaceofjazz.com/
Band Members: JOHNNY BONES: piano, saxophone, vocals, compositions, arrangements
USUALLY WITH:
KRISTEN GRADWOHL: singer
TOBIAS BARR: trumpet
BOBBY ALFARO: clarinet, saxophones
VIC WONG: guitar, banjo
VANCE EHLERS: bass
RICK QUISOL: drums
SOMETIMES WITH:
LECH WIERZYNSKI: trumpet
PETE DEVINE: drums, percussion, jug, cheek-a-phone
ROB BARICS: saxophones
KELSEY HOWARD: trombone
ERIC JEKABSON: trumpet
MIKE BURNS: drums
MAYUMI URGINO: violin, vocals, washboard
NEVER WITH:
WYNTON MARSALIS: trumpet
KENNY G: soprano sax
MAX WEINBERG: drums
Influences: The sound of our group is strongly influenced by the early, ‘hot’ Jazz bands, like Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers, Tiny Parham from Chicago, and Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Orchestra from New York. Like many of these pre-big band ensembles we enjoy the intimacy and personality of the ‘smaller’ eight-piece orchestra. The instrumentation is powerful enough to really get the joint jumpin’, as it were, but small enough to leave room for the individuality of the players, which is no doubt the soul of Jazz.
Sounds Like: While our band does have influences, like all musicians from Jimi Hendrix to Mozart, we also take pride in making sure that everything we perform is infused with a large dose of originality. Many of our most popular numbers are pieces written by Johnny Bones himself. When we do play “the standards,†compositions by Cole Porter, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Van Heusen and the like, we always make sure to write our own arrangements of the material. Yah, it’s more work than just ‘jamming’ on the numbers, but it’s worth it to keep our sound fresh and unique. After all, isn’t that what Jazz is all about?!
Record Label: unsigned
