the Ivory Club Boys at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

The Ivory Club Boys, an offshoot of the Hot Club of San Francisco, pay tribute to jazz violinist Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys of the mid-1930s. One of a handful of violinists to populate the swing era, Stuff Smith is credited with being the first to play jazz on an electrically amplified violin, forever changing its role to a frontline solo instrument on par with horn soloists. With Clint Baker on cornet. Evan Price on electric violin, Isabelle Fontaine on rhythm guitar, and Paul Mehling on lead guitar, this hard-swinging group performs classic, as well as obscure, numbers that were Stuff’s trademark...

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The Ivory Club Boys, an offshoot of the Hot Club of San Francisco, pay tribute to jazz violinist Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys of the mid-1930s. One of a handful of violinists to populate the swing era, Stuff Smith is credited with being the first to play jazz on an electrically amplified violin, forever changing its role to a frontline solo instrument on par with horn soloists. With Clint Baker on cornet. Evan Price on electric violin, Isabelle Fontaine on rhythm guitar, and Paul Mehling on lead guitar, this hard-swinging group performs classic, as well as obscure, numbers that were Stuff’s trademark. Fans of traditional jazz will especially enjoy this concert.

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