Jazz Birds delight audiences as they swoop and swing with their
high-flying harmonies and soaring syncopations. The heart of every
performance includes a tribute to the Boswell Sisters, three New
Orleans-born stars of 1930s radio and recording. Music lovers around
the bay area have come to enjoy this charming quartet’s own hot
and sweet style of original vocal arrangements of classic songs
from the jazz era. Recent highlight concerts include the Kuumbwa
Jazz Center Dinner and Jazz Series, 2006 & 2007; Monterey
Jazz Bash By The Bay, 2006 & 2007; Monterey
Bay Aquarium Patron's Appreciation Concert, 2005 & 2006; Santa
Cruz Museum of Art and History Patron's Appreciation Dinner Ball,
2006 & 2007; Young at Heart Project Benefit
Concerts, 2002-2006; Capitola Twilight
Concert Series, 2006; Cabrillo College
Distinguished Artists Series, 2004 and
the Monterey Jazz Festival's, Third Annual "Jazz
With Steinbeck" concert at the National
Steinbeck Center Museum, 2007.
We are excited again this year to have been invited to perform
at the Monterey Bay Aquarium "Jazz
Sings" concert on June 7th. This concert is to
benefit the education program of Kuumbwa Jazz
Center and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
See our schedule page for details.
Jazz Birds are Gail
Cruse on upright bass and vocals, Vicki
Neville-Coffis on guitar and vocals and Cher
Peterson on drums & vocals.Paul
Tarantino fills out the Jazz Birds sound with
solos on tenor and soprano saxophones and tenor and bass
clarinets.
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"The curious thing about Jazz Birds is how its members are
able to maintain such a superb harmonic blend while each playing
her own instrument. It's a feat not to be missed." --Anita
Martinez, Good Times
“Meticulous in their re-creation of early girl groups of the
20s and 30s like the Boswell Sisters, Jazz Birds offer musicianship
that extends way beyond their irresistible swanky vocal harmonies.
Clothed in period dresses, hats and with attitude to boot, Jazz
Birds expertly cover standards like “Puttin’ on the Ritz” with
a vocal finesse that, thankfully, has not been lost with the times.”
- Janet Blaser, Santa Cruz Metro
“The groups vocal harmony is certainly impressive. On the charm
meter, these ladies know how to bedazzle as well. Some find the
entourage downright irresistible.”
- Greg Archer, Good Times
“My favorite swinging jazz vocal group…”
- Richie Begin, Good Times |