Primavera Ristorante
Vintage jazz and swing, notably of the Gypsy sort!
Jeff Hughes, trumpet and flugelhorn, leader
Jeff Hughes JazzNews, a new 6-piece combo plus vocalist, will be performing vintage jazz and swing, Thursday 30 July, 7pm at Primavera Restaurant, 20 Pleasant Street, Millis, MA. $10 cover at the door.
The group consists of Jeff – cornet, John Clark – reeds, Herb Gardner – piano and trombone, Albie Bernard – tuba, Jack Soref – guitar, Steve Taddeo – drums, and Kellian Adams – vocals.
Jack Soref, Django afficionado
Jack wowed the audience at Steve’s recent concert in Lincoln, with his very swinging brand of
Django-esque jazz guitar.
Kellian Pletcher at recent Greater Boston Vintage Society Jazz Cruise.
Kellian is well known in the swing dance circles around Boston, not only as a superb dancer, but also as a bright and up-beat vocalist.
The rest of the band is well known to local jazz fans.
John Clark clarinet, alto and baritone sax
Jeff plays and records with John’s Wolverine Jazz Band.
Herb Gardner is multi-instrumental and sings too
Herb comes to us from NYC, where he played for many years with all the greats at clubs including Ryan’s, Condon’s, and the Red Blazer.
Al Bernard and tuba
Albie is simply the most swinging tuba guy this side of heaven,
Steve Taddeo, Swinging’ drummer
and Steve’s Krupa-inspired drumming drives the band with a remarkable dynamism.
We’ll have a rich and varied program, with lots of features and surprises. It’s bound to be a memorable evening, and we hope to see many of our friends, new and old, to help us celebrate with music, this mid-summer night’s dream!
Jeff writes, “Jack and Kellian are welcome new additions to the local traditional jazz scene.”