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 […]
The Bullettes Octet will perform a tribute to Mingus on Sunday, Jan 18th, at 5 pm at Union Arts! Songs include 5 horn arrangements by Shannon Gunn, and will be chosen from Work Song, Haitian Fight Song, Moanin’, and Fables of Faubus. (WOW!) We are excited to have everyone on board! Leigh Pilzer – Alto […]
Hi everyone! I hope your holiday was filled with good food/friends/family/frenzy. I personally am still recovering from the food and fun. And now, for the big announcement: we are putting out a new album! The Bullettes Septet has been playing monthly at the Carlyle Club, so we decided to put that vibe to tape and […]
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 […]
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: Danielle Wertz: Vocals Leigh Pilzer: Sax Halley Shoenberg: Sax and Clarinet Cyndy Elliott: Bass Shannon Gunn: […]
I’m really looking forward to helping out and playing at the National Jazz Workshop this year! The Bullettes Quintet will be doing its favorite tunes from Hank Mobley/JJ Johnson/Curtis Fuller collaborations on Thursday, July 10th, at 3:30 PM in Armstrong Hall at Shenandoah University. The concert is free, so feel free to come on out […]
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 […]
Come swing the night away with experienced dancers and the Bullettes Septet featuring the Washington Women in Jazz Festival Young Artist Contest Winner ’13 Danielle Wertz! We will be playing on Tuesday, May 20th, at 9:00 – 10:30 pm at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia. There will be experienced dancers already there so […]
As part of the Blue Note @ 75 celebration, the Bullettes all-female quintet will pay homage to the Blue Note artists Hank Mobley and Curtis Fuller with the photography of Francis Wolff, Blue Note co-founder, in the background. We will be so lucky as to have Anita Thomas on tenor, Isabel DeLeon on drums, Karine Chapdelaine on bass, Lianna Gekker on piano, and myself on […]
I just wanted to let everyone know that we’ll be playing two times this week- Tuesday night, April 22nd, is at the Carlyle Club for a swing dance with the whole big band, and Thursday night, April 24th, we’ll be playing as a quintet at Twins for a tribute to JJ Johnson. So come on out, celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and […]