Jenny Scheinman's & Allison Miller's Parlour Game at The Falcon

PARLOUR GAME was born on tour when Carmen Staaf and Tony Scherr were subbing in Allison Miller’s ‘Boom Tic Boom’ tour. There was an immediate chemistry.
"Even the edgiest material swung,” says Miller, “and we realized that we had found something really special. It felt so good!”
The name of the band references parlor music, parlor games, and the great organizers whose movements were born in the parlor. Imagine the parties! It's about time that one of our newest super-groups features three women!

Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s PARLOUR GAME celebrates the popular roots of jazz, honoring the women that made jazz a social music. The group features four musicians that have been at the forefront of American music for nearly 20 years, bending genres, creating new ways of playing, mixing it up. Now they get to groove!...

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PARLOUR GAME was born on tour when Carmen Staaf and Tony Scherr were subbing in Allison Miller’s ‘Boom Tic Boom’ tour. There was an immediate chemistry.
"Even the edgiest material swung,” says Miller, “and we realized that we had found something really special. It felt so good!”
The name of the band references parlor music, parlor games, and the great organizers whose movements were born in the parlor. Imagine the parties! It's about time that one of our newest super-groups features three women!

Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s PARLOUR GAME celebrates the popular roots of jazz, honoring the women that made jazz a social music. The group features four musicians that have been at the forefront of American music for nearly 20 years, bending genres, creating new ways of playing, mixing it up. Now they get to groove!

“I have often played music that is in some way a reaction to jazz,” says Scheinman. “In this group I just want to play a great melody, feel the groove, and let the audience in. So much can happen at a show when everyone is in it together.”

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