Bands
Gypsy Roots
Gyspy Roots specializes in th
e genre known as jazz manouche. For the uninitiated, their sound is very reminiscent of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France of the 1930s featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. The main trio consists of guitarists Thomas Wakefield and James Beard, and violinist Larry Lyles. The Jammin' lineup will also feature bassist Rusty Farmer, and accordianist Bob Jacobs. Gypsy Roots regularly plays in and around Richmond and organizes the annual Djangouary event celebrating the birth of the Gypsy jazz master.
Blue Crescent Syncopators
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Formed in 2007 as The B
lue Crescent Quintette, but now a power quartet, Blue Crescent Syncopators plays from the heart..and usually without music! All the greatest jazz tunes of the 20's and 30's done up right with some spice and swing. Perfect for listening, dancing, or having a Mardi Gras/Speakeasy party. Leader Craig Gildner makes his triumphant return to Jammin' after playing the inaugural event with his other band, Blue Sky 5, back in 2003.
Doctors of Jazz
The Doctors of Jazz is a Tra
d Jazz/Dixieland band that specializes in the traditional early New Orleans jazz typified by the Joe "King" Oliver Creole Jazz Band from the early 1920s and its later West Coast reincarnation, Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band. The band was established in 1983 by an enthusiastic group of professors at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. It has completed eight European tours and performs regularly around central Virginia. Jammin' the James just wouldn't be the same without an appearance by the Docs on Sunday afternoon!