Sacramento, California is a city renowned for its blues music. From Little Charlie Baty and Anson Funderburgh to RW Grigsby and Mark Hummel, these talented artists have been nominated for awards and have been performing together for over a decade. The band “Full Circle” is comprised of four members who cover a variety of instruments and vocal styles, playing Rock, Blues, Funk and R&B. They faithfully recreate the musical experience of music's best decade.
The Speakeasies are the perfect band to serve as the backdrop for an intimate evening with friends, playing soft acoustic jazz, swing from the 30s and 40s, classic soul and blues from the 50s and 60s. The A List Jazz is comprised of the best professional musicians in the Bay Area and is available for private parties, corporate events, concerts, festivals and clubs. Campbell's Jazz Soup plays a fun mix of jazz and swing from the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s at events, parties, festivals and weddings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Greg Jacobs has given more than 1000 shows in the past five years with his quartet playing a selection of tasteful jazz standards and some original compositions.
Parlor Tricks is an industrial ragtime band conducted with sensual vocals, resonating guitar, vertical double bass and horn or drums. The music is a mix of swing, jazz standards, vaudeville and more. THE MULES is a blues band that has been described as “contagious” and “a crossroads full of rhythms where the West Coast in the style of T-Bone Walker shuffles, Stax, the scorching soul”.Lew started playing professionally at a young age and by 22 he was already alone. He also supported Bobby “Blues Ray” on “Your Friends” which appears on the Sacramento Blues compilation CD.
In 1993 Soul Prophets won the SAMMIE award for best blues band sharing the honor with Little Charlie and the Nightcats (with Rick Estrin). Greg Jacobs has been part of KXJZ team since 1991 creating “Mick Martin's Blues Party” which currently plays on Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m.Al Arnett was a favorite bass player for more than 40 years building up the Sacramento blues scene. Jan moved to Sacramento from Portland in 1984 working for a law firm where one of the lawyers was a singer in a blues band. Marshall Jones was another favorite drummer for more than 30 years building up the Sacramento blues scene. The Bill Scholer Blues Band opened concerts for Los Lobos, The Chambers Brothers and The Ventures and played at the Sacramento Blues Festival.
Robert Sidwell plays with many local Sacramento bands when not on tour with national blues singer Earl Thomas. He spent 12 years at KUOP-FM of University of Pacific in Stockton presenting “Trackin' the Blues” regularly advising listeners of Blues Society events. Kenny has been a popular attraction at Sacramento Jazz Jubilee for 15 years playing several years at world-famous “Saloon” in San Francisco. He says: “The most important thing about my time on the Sacramento blues scene are the great people I've met and befriended over the years”.Sacramento is home to some of the most renowned blues musicians in the world. From Little Charlie Baty to RW Grigsby to Mark Hummel, these talented artists have been nominated for awards and have been performing together for over a decade.
They cover Rock, Blues, Funk and R&B faithfully recreating music's best decade. The Speakeasies provide an intimate evening with friends playing soft acoustic jazz, swing from the 30s and 40s, classic soul and blues from the 50s and 60s. The A List Jazz is comprised of professional musicians in the Bay Area available for private parties, corporate events, concerts, festivals and clubs. Campbell's Jazz Soup plays jazz and swing from the 20s to 50s at events, parties, festivals and weddings throughout San Francisco Bay Area. Greg Jacobs has given more than 1000 shows in five years with his quartet playing jazz standards and original compositions. Parlor Tricks is an industrial ragtime band conducted with sensual vocals, resonating guitar, vertical double bass and horn or drums playing swing, jazz standards, vaudeville and more.
THE MULES is a blues band described as “contagious” with West Coast style T-Bone Walker shuffles. Lew started playing professionally at a young age supporting Bobby “Blues Ray” on “Your Friends” which appears on Sacramento Blues compilation CD. In 1993 Soul Prophets won SAMMIE award for best blues band sharing honor with Little Charlie and Nightcats (with Rick Estrin). Greg Jacobs has been part of KXJZ team since 1991 creating “Mick Martin's Blues Party” which plays Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m.Al Arnett was favorite bass player for more than 40 years building up Sacramento blues scene while Jan moved to Sacramento from Portland in 1984 working for law firm where one lawyer was singer in blues band. Marshall Jones was another favorite drummer for more than 30 years building up Sacramento blues scene. The Bill Scholer Blues Band opened concerts for Los Lobos, The Chambers Brothers and The Ventures playing at Sacramento Blues Festival while Robert Sidwell plays with local bands when not on tour with national blues singer Earl Thomas spending 12 years at KUOP-FM presenting “Trackin' the Blues” regularly advising listeners of Blues Society events. Kenny has been popular attraction at Sacramento Jazz Jubilee for 15 years playing several years at world-famous “Saloon” in San Francisco saying: “The most important thing about my time on Sacramento blues scene are great people I've met and befriended over years”.
