[Dixielandjazz] Jitterbug Vipers on Song Travels -- NPR

[Robert Ringwald]

Interesting young band from Austin TX. However, the guitar player is 75.


Jitterbug Vipers on 'Song Travels'
NPR, January 24, 2014
Jitterbug Vipers' members perform 1930s-style "viper jazz" with a rock 'n' roll twist.
The Austin band's original music -- crafted by singer Sarah Sharp, guitarist Slim
Richey, bassist Francie Meaux Jeaux and drummer Masumi Jones -- recalls swing classics
by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway.
On this installment of Song Travels, you can hear Jitterbug Vipers perform a set
live in the studio. Host Michael Feinstein also sits down with Sharp to discuss the
history of viper jazz and the inspiration behind the band's sizzling original music.
Set List
Jitterbug Vipers, "Phoebe's Dream" (Sharp, Wade)
Jitterbug Vipers, "A Viper Just The Same" (Sharp, Wade)
Jitterbug Vipers, "Viper Moon" (Sharp, Richey)
Jitterbug Vipers, "Stuff It" (Sharp, McQueen)
Jitterbug Vipers, "Billie's Blues" (Holiday)
Jitterbug Vipers, "Lotus Blossom" (Coslow, Johnston)
Jitterbug Vipers, "Trouble" (Sharp, Jaeger)
Full episode:
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/24/265665895


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