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2024 Artists

The Rubin Brothers

A.J. and Colescott Rubin are Boston-based circus musicians, vaudeville entertainers, and jazz clowns who lift spirits and make smiles wherever they go, performing swing & popular songs of yesteryear with a lighthearted energy and danceable beat.

Known internationally for their unicycling, juggling, & acrobatics while playing instruments, they play sold out shows from coast to coast and performed and/or recorded with Esperanza Spalding, Old Crow Medicine Show, Charmaine Neville, John Legend, and many others.

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The Catnip Junkies

Our band will bring you to the heart of New Orleans with our renditions of traditional jazz songs.  We love to play in the street in our parade formation‚ or as a stage show.

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Wolverine Jazz Band

A New Orleans/Dixieland/Traditional/1920's band playing a wide repertoire. We have been in business for thirty years and are well known on the national festival circuit as well as through dozens of local performances including a seventeen year (and counting) association with the Bar Harbor Summer Music festival, fifteen years playing at the Sherborn Inn, town concerts in Norwood, Wellesley, Stoneham, Grafton, Dover, South Natick, Manchester (NH) and many others, appearances at the Mashpee Jazz Festival, Florence Griswold Museum (CT), UNH Traditional Jazz Series, Connecticut College, Music Mountain and many others, along with seventeen CDs.

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Annie & the Fur Trappers

Annie and the Fur Trappers are a traditional jazz ensemble featuring trumpet, clarinet, banjo, guitar, bass, and washboard/drums. They play lively and danceable arrangements of songs from the 1920s. The band has performed all over the country and released their new album, "Remember the Charleston" this past December. Bring your dancing shoes and a friend to this exciting performance!

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Seacoast Revival Early Jazz Band

We use full instrumental arrangements from 3 basic sources, Simply Early Jazz, Jimmy McPartland and Paul Severson. We like to play tunes people know and some that are just fun to play. We have tunes in our book from the 10's 20's, 30's and 40's but we're heavy on the 20's and before. From Figidty Feet and Chimes Blues to Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans and Hello Dolly  with a lot of stuff in between.

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2-Bit Brass Band

Stomps, swing, second line, and...Super Mario?  Traditional jazz standards with a sprinkle of video game music performed via a two by two arrangement of sax, trombone, sousaphone, and percussion.

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Riverboat Stompers

The Riverboat Stompers focuses on trad jazz and emulates the New Orleans style.  Instrumentation includes: cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, & drums.  Much of what we perform involves singing the lyrics:  these may include novelty or funny / satirical tunes.  The band plays the old barnburners with a lot of pace and energy.

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The Smack Dabs

Swing blues from the 1930s!

The Smack Dabs specialize in good-time Swing Blues music from the 1930s, featuring the songs of Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, The Harlem Hamfats, and many others. 

This delightful and timeless genre features a rich variety of musical styles, ranging from mournful blues to joyful celebrations, setting the stage for incredible solo and group improvisations and delighting audiences and dancers alike.

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Josiah Reibstein and the Hub Tones

This all-star group of Boston area trad jazz musicians have all played in many different bands together in various permutations; this group synthesizes their collective repertoire choices, leadership styles, and musical experience. They specialize in tight arrangements, slightly modernized, of classic NOLA and trad tunes.  

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    Annie and the Fur Trappers: "I've Found a New Baby" 3:59
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