The Shimkas Group at Red Poppy Art House

The Shimkas Group is the hottest ticket in town. Composed of Jason Martineau on piano, Kelly Park on drums, Audrey Shimkas on vocals and Peter Barshay on bass – they create a whole new genre when they improvise unique transformations inside familiar jazz tunes; add funky New Orleans rhythms; reinvent classic pop tunes and melt Brazilian melodies into pure lyricism.
The talented ensemble explores the creativity and distinctive style with its vocalist, originating arrangements of American and Brazilian jazz standards and contemporary material, i.e. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Prince, Lorde, Billy Childs, etc...

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The Shimkas Group is the hottest ticket in town. Composed of Jason Martineau on piano, Kelly Park on drums, Audrey Shimkas on vocals and Peter Barshay on bass – they create a whole new genre when they improvise unique transformations inside familiar jazz tunes; add funky New Orleans rhythms; reinvent classic pop tunes and melt Brazilian melodies into pure lyricism.
The talented ensemble explores the creativity and distinctive style with its vocalist, originating arrangements of American and Brazilian jazz standards and contemporary material, i.e. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Prince, Lorde, Billy Childs, etc.

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