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It Don't Mean a Thing Live!

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Released: May 25, 2010

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It Don't Mean a Thing Live!
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Maxwell Swing
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General Info

Genre: Jazz / Pop / Swing
Location DALLAS, Texas, Un
Profile Views: 28517
Last Login: 4/7/2012
Member Since 1/5/2005
Website www.texasgypsies.com
Record Label Twig Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Hello, Please see www.texasgypsies.com for upcoming shows...... Just thought I would update this and let you know of some nice awards and such the band received this year! ...................... We were: Named "Best Western Swing Duo or Group" by The Academy of Western Artists...................... Maxwell swing was used in a Billy Bob Thornton movie and Holiday in Toontown of several TV shows! and we recently been accepted into 3 prestigious arts programs — the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces touring program and the Touring Artist Program of the Texas Commission on the Arts and now the Midwest Arts Alliance....................... Imagine this: you're in a quaint Parisian café listening to a delightful acoustic jazz combo. The air is filled with songs, some familiar, some exotic and intriguing. You're caught up in the music as lightning-fast guitar runs dart in and out of beautiful violin melodies. The rhythm guitarist is strumming his guitar with fiery abandon while the bassist slaps a rhythm that your feet can't resist. With your partner, you stand and move to the dance floor. Suddenly you stumble and trip over a Shiner beer bottle. As if waking from a dream, you realize that this isn't Paris, France—it's Paris, Texas! The jazz combo isn't just playing the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli, they're also playing songs once made popular by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Is this some crazy dream, or perhaps some bizarre parallel universe? Of course not. You've just entered the world of the Texas Gypsies.
Members
John Hewitt-Upright Bass/Vocals, Mark Menikos-Violin, Mike Sizer Clarinet/sax Steve Curry-Guitar/Vocals, Andrew Griffith/ Drums
Influences
Django Reinhardt, Bob Wills, Louie Armstrong,The Beatles, Brain Setzer, Jazz, swing, pop!
Sounds Like
Hot Jazz!! Django Reinhardt after eating Tex Mex for a year!