We’re unique….performing standards, jazz and more contemporary tunes but in a big band format...appealing to a wide range of music tastes...staying true to the big band era, but with a fresh, modern twist and sound that only a big band from New Orleans could create. From Frank Sinatra to Norah Jones to Stevie Wonder, we’re a big band with a big kick. Swingaroux is fresh...classy...ambitious…
motivated and ready to knock your socks off.

The Courtyard Kings bring a modern approach to the gypsy swing sounds popularized by Django Reinhardt in the 1930's. Featuring an all-string line-up of violin, guitar and bass, they complement any occasion with a jazzy mix of swing, standards, Brazilian and New Orleans traditional tunes. They are available as a guitar/violin duo or an expanded line-up with a 2nd guitar. See them weekly: Mondays at Mat & Naddie's Restaurant 7-10 & Tuesdays at Yuki 8-11.

Humpin' & Jumpin' Swingin' & Singing....all before noon!...

Influences:

Singers, Songwriters, Bandleaders of the 1930's thu the 1950's

Instrumental Funk & groove band that features the big sound of the Hammond B-3 organ

Jody Byrd, has been singing professionally for ten years now. He is also an accomplished song writer, and has had three songs make it to the third round of the International Songwriting Competition. Jody has many musical influences, but his style is based in the traditions of Frank Sinatra, and many other singers from the golden age, including; Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bobby Darin, etc. Jody continues to sing and write as often as possible, and is constantly evolving in both his singing and writing.

dance party - can actually play standing on our heads!

Influences:
Sam Butera, Frank, Red Prysock, Satchmo, Paul Desmond, Wilson Pickett

They look like a New Orleans jazzband and they are! But the presence of an accordion on stage is the first sign of trouble...

These guys play the goodtime music that gets people dancing: a New Orleans "second-line" AND a Jewish hora; a biguine, a polka, and a habañera. The instrumentation (clarinet, trombone, accordion, banjo, tuba and drums) lends itself to traditional styles of music from all over the world. Rowdy or gentle, sweet or hot, the music is always appealing, evocative, and exciting.

On Bourbon Street... at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival... in Mardi Gras parades... at weddings and bar mitzvahs, school picnics and backyard barbecues, the Panorama Jazz Band puts out a sound that takes audiences all over the world - dancing!
To add the Panorama Jazz Band's joyous, sophisticated, international flavor to your function or venue, send an email or give a phonecall...

Paul Boquet was born on December 3, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Paul first began playing the piano at the age of seven, began singing at the age of 9, and began composing during elementary school. He attended Brother Martin High School and graduated in 2001. Paul now studies Music Composition at Loyola University New Orleans.
Paul's music is influenced by the music of people like J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Brahms, Pavel Chesnokov, Ray Lynch, Enya, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, and sacred choral music of he Russian Orthodox Church.
Paul Boquet is currently the music director at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church and the choral director at Brother Martin High School. Paul also gives private lessons piano, singing, and music theory. Paul also sings for wedding ceremonies, funerals, and for services at Touro Synagogue with the adult choir. He also sings with Lagniappe, a small university choir at Loyola University New Orleans.

“The Pfisters' specialty, the recreation of the harmonies of New Orleans' own Boswell Sisters, occupies an important place in the history and evolution of New Orleans music. The Boswell Sisters, in the twenties and thirties, invented close harmony jazz singing.

The Pfister Sisters carry on this tradition. Their music, however, is anything but a museum piece. Their voices melt together, their band really kicks, and they get the audience smiling and swaying in the timelessness that is the joy of music.”

— 1997 Jazz Fest review at 'Radio Free New Orleans' Internet Site on the Web

James Andrews -Hear No Evil-
James Andrews speaks in many languages but real New Orleans music is what he is talking about. The cd Hear No Evil puts polished Big Easy night beats in your hands for use at any time of the day. Hear No Evil brings James Andrews together with notables like Big Sam and Andy Ambrose to produce elastic sounds that jump from their bearings. In New Orleans the name Andrews means cream of the crop , and that is precisely what is delivered here. Hear No Evil is already a classic. Tracks like "Lay Down My Burden" are absolutely timeless and the whole cd will have you inventing new ways to clap your hands and shuffle your feet. Pretty soon you will be singing "butter beans butter beans New Orleans New Orleans." See , I told you so. (GregGunther@razooli.com)