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Moonshine Rhythm Club at The Dance Hall
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on March 9, 2017
Where
The Dance Hall
7 Walker Sreet
Kittery, ME
Map
207.703.2083
When
Sat, April 22, 2017
8:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
Moonshine Rhythm Club brings old-school swing and jazz to life with joyful arrangements and energetic playing that makes this vintage music sound like it was written this morning. The boys seek out deep cuts from the 30s and 40s, take their favorite parts from classic big band recordings, and distill them into their signature sound. That sound draws on the guitar-driven, acoustic fire of gypsy jazz, as well as the slow burn and laid-back groove of later artists like Count Basie and Nat King Cole. On top of this lays classy and hip vocals with a lighthearted humor.
Most of the band members grew up in the modern jazz scene. They loved the playful energy and improvisation of the music, but eventually found it lacking in audience accessibility. They discovered a broad appeal in the trad jazz revival of New York, New Orleans and elsewhere, music filled with catchy melodies and a danceable, swinging groove....