the sun is down, the night is warm, the boozy blues is jumpin’
crackin’ trumpet, strollin’ stride, the wayland joint is thumpin’
miss ida sings, lil’ mama swings deep into a midnight moan
Miss Ida Blue :: Mara Kaye
Featuring:
Mike Shobe - Trumpet (Wu Li, SweetPro)
Terry Waldo - Piano (Terry Waldo and the Gotham City Jazz Band, Eubie and Me - music review, This Is Ragtime - Author)
“Mara Kaye’s voice bears a resemblance to Mamie Smith or Sippie Wallace, though with slower tempi, hers is a more introverted style, to which she adds a Betty-Boop-like coy, knowing coquetterie, and a subtlety not apparent on the original records.” -- Seth Gilman, New York City Music Culture Journalist, Examiner.com...
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the sun is down, the night is warm, the boozy blues is jumpin’
crackin’ trumpet, strollin’ stride, the wayland joint is thumpin’
miss ida sings, lil’ mama swings deep into a midnight moan
Miss Ida Blue :: Mara Kaye
Featuring:
Mike Shobe - Trumpet (Wu Li, SweetPro)
Terry Waldo - Piano (Terry Waldo and the Gotham City Jazz Band, Eubie and Me - music review, This Is Ragtime - Author)
“Mara Kaye’s voice bears a resemblance to Mamie Smith or Sippie Wallace, though with slower tempi, hers is a more introverted style, to which she adds a Betty-Boop-like coy, knowing coquetterie, and a subtlety not apparent on the original records.” -- Seth Gilman, New York City Music Culture Journalist, Examiner.com
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael Shobe was exposed to a huge variety of styles and talented performers. He performs the music for the FX series “Louie” (Louie CK) with the SweetPro Ensemble, works with songwriter Tam Lin, jazz ensemble the Dymaxian Quartet, producer Little Pioneer and the electric cellist/trombonist Dana Leong who calls Shobe, “one of the most soulful and creative trumpet players on the scene today.” He has worked across the US, Europe and Japan with CBS recording artist Sharon Little, the indie-rock band Amazing Baby, singer/guitarist John Shannon and Dap-Tone recording artist Ryan Shaw, among others. Attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, Shobe graduated Magna Cum Laude with degrees in performance and music business. He studied with Hal Crook, George Garzone, Tiger Okoshi, Greg Hopkins and Charlie Lewis.
Terry Waldo is considered one of America's premier performers and presenters of Ragtime and Early Jazz. Known for his virtuoso ragtime and stride piano playing, charming vocals, and disarming wit, he is the protégé‚ of the legendary Eubie Blake, who called Waldo "an extension of my own musical self." Waldo has played countless New York jazz clubs, including the legendary Cookery, Hanratty’s and Michaels’s Pub where he produced and starred in nine critically acclaimed musical revues. He has appeared in concerts worldwide, including the Grand Parade du Jazz in Venice, George Wein’s JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall and Jazz At Lincoln Center. He recently appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall where he performed the world premier of “The Eubie Blake Concerto.”
Says Wynton Marsalis in his introduction to Terry Waldo's book, This is Ragtime, "He teaches Ragtime, he talks about Ragtime, he plays it, he embodies it, he lives it, and he keeps Ragtime alive"
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