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The Jim Morey Band makes music that transports you to another place and time.
A tired old riverboat paddles sluggishly down the Mississippi on a muggy summer night, carrying drooping ladies waving drooping fans, men with shirts unbuttoned and straw boater hats, the band playing muddy river jazz in a brass-soaked mosey, scattered couples swaying as closely as comfort allows.
A wagon rolls and creaks along a dusty, winding country road; the driver croons soulfully to the beat of the clip-clopping hooves; a group of roving, carefree musicians straggle behind him, plucking banjo and mandolin and acoustic bass, beating hand drums, shaking rattlers, harmonizing with the crooner and prancing to the wind blowing through trees.
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A tired old riverboat paddles sluggishly down the Mississippi on a muggy summer night, carrying drooping ladies waving drooping fans, men with shirts unbuttoned and straw boater hats, the band playing muddy river jazz in a brass-soaked mosey, scattered couples swaying as closely as comfort allows.
A wagon rolls and creaks along a dusty, winding country road; the driver croons soulfully to the beat of the clip-clopping hooves; a group of roving, carefree musicians straggle behind him, plucking banjo and mandolin and acoustic bass, beating hand drums, shaking rattlers, harmonizing with the crooner and prancing to the wind blowing through trees.
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Best Neo-Jazz Outfit: Jim Morey Band, Creative Loafing Best of the Bay 2009 ...The band offers a fresh take on old jazz using swing and muddy river Creole as their foundation, incorporating elements of gypsy, ragtime and stumbling roots rock, and then spicing things up with electronics...read full article
TBT SOUNDCHECK The Jim Morey Band: Jazz that's quirky, clever and classic The Jim Morey Band transports you to a bygone time through a twisty smoke-filled haze and psychedelic dreamscapes. Moods range from spooky to swirly to zany to clanky as Morey (vocals, trumpet, keyboards and guitar), Anne Van Atta (bass and vocals), Billy Carr (drums) and Eddie Rosicky (gutiar) stir stuff from the depths of the soul and move the body in a jumping-jive, ragtime high.(read full article)
TBT SOUNDCHECK The Jim Morey Band: Jazz that's quirky, clever and classic The Jim Morey Band transports you to a bygone time through a twisty smoke-filled haze and psychedelic dreamscapes. Moods range from spooky to swirly to zany to clanky as Morey (vocals, trumpet, keyboards and guitar), Anne Van Atta (bass and vocals), Billy Carr (drums) and Eddie Rosicky (gutiar) stir stuff from the depths of the soul and move the body in a jumping-jive, ragtime high.(read full article)