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Our club act is available in duo form through a 5 piece depending on the sound and budget needed. Do not book online but rather email us and we'll talk biznezz!
What It's About
We fuse jazz, blues, R&B, folk, soul & modal music into a very unusual and unique project that is hard to classify but has a foot solidly in jazz. Where the other foot is, it is hard to say but if you find it, tell it we still love it and want it to come home soon. The best thing to do is to come out and see us or hear our mp3s - one is below for you. This band can pack a house and play upbeat, dancable tunes as well as more staid sets for those of you without a cabaret license...you know who you are. We love to play and we have packed many hard-to-pack houses. This band is based in San Diego, CA and can travel.
Sound samples:
mp3 format, click to start
Full Combo with more contemporary instrumentation - vocals, bass, drums and Rhodes 72 keys (yum!)
Good example of a full combo sound with a very unusual setting of a very usual standard. We got a lot of press
because of this tune! Dirk Sitro, author of Jazz For Dummies and jazz writer for the LA Times liked this piece the best and
centered much of his 2004 interview with me on NPR around it. It was fun - thanks, Dirk! But especially thanks to
"the boys" who worked so hard on my behalf. Eddy Sambuaga, Rhodes 72;
Nate Pease, bass; Jon Wagner, drums; oh yeah, and Eleonor England on vocals.
Some Past Appearances with the Contemporary jazz project:
Broadway Studios in San Francisco, opener (we opened for my swing project so I was the headliner and the opener!) - capacity 500
Elbo Room, world famous venue in San Francisco, headliner - capacity 400
Lestat's listening room venue in the hip Normal Heights area of San Diego
Adams Avenue Street Fair in Normal Heights, largest outdoor music fest in Southern California
Anna's Jazz Bistro (now Anna's Jazz Island) in Oakland, CA
L'Amour dans Le Four in San Francisco, CA
Many other venues large and small
...............Enquire about having us at your next event or venue
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© 2006 by California Jazz Artists, contact 800-206-4258 x2 or eleonor.england @ gmail-dot-com for booking