I’d like to thank Amy Bormet for having us back again for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! I love this particular time of year, we see so many fantastic and talented women come out to perform. Amy has really built the WWJF into an amazing and high quality festival that everyone is still talking about throughout the year. I’m very thankful to get to play for the amazing audience at Westminster Church, one of the best venues in town. This year it will be the Bullettes Little Big Band with guests! I’m taking this opportunity to bring to light some of the amazing composition and arranging talent we have in this town. I’m also interested in promoting large ensemble music; too often, budget constraints keep people from putting large instrumental groups together. We’ll be premiering my arrangement of “Knives Out” (woo hoo Radiohead fans!) as well as the United States Premiere of “Wine Glass Perspective” by the great Australian composer Mace Francis. We’ll also be playing new original tunes by Todd Simon as well as Doug Pierce. I have three more charts on the back burner I’d like to get ready, if possible… We’ll see! We’ll be featuring Jessica Boykin-Settles on vocals as well.
Hope to see you soon!
Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know of a couple of upcoming dates for the Bullettes Septet. We’ll be playing at the Carlyle Club on Tuesday, November 11th and Tuesday, December 9th at 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm for Gotta Swing. This is for the swing dance that follows their lesson. Cover is $10 and it’s a great way to meet new people! We’re also doing a house show on December 21st in the early afternoon. The details for this will come out in our next newsletter, so be sure to contact me if you want to find out more! This is an awesome show that allows us to really interact and mingle with the audience. We’ll have fun doing Christmas tunes and winter/holiday music. The Holiday House Show on December 21st is geared toward children as well, so bring your whole family. Please email me at jazztothebone [at] gmail [dot] com for more information. We hope to see you there! In the meantime, keep swingin’!
Looking to get away from it all? Come swing your heart out with the Bullettes Septet at the Carlyle Club! We will be there from 9 – 10:30 and it is located at 411 John Carlyle Street. The cover is $10 and it will be fantastic! There will be a swing dance so you can come alone or with a friend – there will be lots of people there! Tonight’s featured vocalist is Jessica Boykin-Settles! Our instrumentalists include:
The Bullettes Septet is performing on Tuesday, July 22nd at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria Virginia at 9 pm – 10:30 pm in conjunction with Gotta Swing dance lessons! We hope to see you there! We will be featuring:
Come on out and hear the Bullettes Septet swing the night away in conjunction with Gotta Swing on June 24th at the Carlyle Club! This time we’ll be joined by the illustrious Jessica Boykin-Settles on vocals! This is a swing dance so bring your dancin’ shoes and good spirits. There is a $10 cover and the dance starts at 9:00 pm and runs till 10:30 pm. Come on out for a swingin’ good time! Personnel for June 24th include: Jessica Boykin-Settles, Vocals; Halley Shoenberg, Alto Sax; Megan Nortrup, Tenor Sax; Shannon Gunn, Trombone; Miki Yamanaka, Piano; Nathan Kawaller, Bass; Tony Martucci, Drums! What a fantastic group of musicians!
