Music:
Member Since: 12/2/2007
Band Website: www.allisonandvictor.com
Band Members: Victor Martin: Sax, Vox & Shaker;
Allison Scull: Vox, Guitar;
--with Band:
Bill Vallaire: Bass;
Joe Furnari, Mike Harris: Percussion;
Rick Garrett: Additional Guitar.
Influences:
"We are a jazzfolk duo that came together quite by accident. As I was traveling as one girl band throughout California and Oregon, Victor caught one of my performances at a place called the Castle Rock in Dunsmuir, CA. He had been performing quite a bit of R&B in a band called Sound Advice and lots of jazz with guitarist, Rick Garrett.
We intially performed a couple of jazz shows where I was singing and Rick was playing guitar. After these first few performances, Victor joined me on my tour and literally walked up on stage and started improvising to my original songs as I played guitar. Something unsual and mystical began to happen. At the time, I was cutting my first album, Allison St. This particular combo has grown over the years to a sound we cannot categorize...but it seems to work.
Now...we have two albums out, From the Back Burner and our "Live" CD. The "Live" CD features a couple of jazz standards featuring Rick Garrett.
Usually a guitarist, Bill Vallaire joined us on bass. Joe Furnari, on percussion."
As a duo, Allison and Victor have shared the stage with Tuck and Patti, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Craig Chaquico, Shana Morrison, Archie Lee Hooker, Kelly Joe Phelps, blues legend John Hammond, Acoustic Alchemy and The Blind Boys of Alabama. As of 2007, they are also featured on Touchtunes--with their music being heard on over 40,000 systems across the country.
Most recently, Allison and Victor's performance "Aint' No Sunshine" was selected to be on a compilation CD featuring the best of Dave Short's Jazz at Old City Hall concert series in Redding, CA. Available in Redding at Bernie's Guitar, (530) 223-2040 and the Shasta County Arts Council, 530-241-7320. CD will soon be available online. Band members for this performance include, Grant Levin on piano; Bill Vallaire on bass; and Dave Barnett on percussion.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie