West Coast Jazz with Jump City 8 at The Red Room At Society Hill Playhouse

Come on out to the Red Room at the Society Hill Playhouse for a evening of West Coast Jazz & Swing with the Jump City 8.

The Jump City 8 performs the highly arranged, ultra-cool, west coast style of jazz created during the 1950's by former sidemen from the big bands of Les Brown, Stan Kenton, and others.

Featuring arrangements by Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich, Bill Holman and others, this music gave a laid-back, cool treatment to seldom-heard songs by major composers like Irving Berlin and Rogers and Hart and helped define the distinctive sound and style of west coast jazz.
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Come on out to the Red Room at the Society Hill Playhouse for a evening of West Coast Jazz & Swing with the Jump City 8.

The Jump City 8 performs the highly arranged, ultra-cool, west coast style of jazz created during the 1950's by former sidemen from the big bands of Les Brown, Stan Kenton, and others.

Featuring arrangements by Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich, Bill Holman and others, this music gave a laid-back, cool treatment to seldom-heard songs by major composers like Irving Berlin and Rogers and Hart and helped define the distinctive sound and style of west coast jazz.

The Jump City 8 is made up of members of Philly's hottest big band, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra.

Admission is $15 and includes a complimentary beverage.

Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the Jump City 8 website: http://jumpcityjazz.com/octet/

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