NOV 10-13 | John Brothers Piano Company
Nov 10 - Nov 13, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Formed by a pair of former Cal Berkeley students who shared a love of early jazz and barroom blues, the band began as humbly and seemingly incongruous as possible, with the pair dragging their Wurlitzer spinet around to busk on street corners around San Francisco and the East Bay. The John Brothers Piano Company have built a devoted fan base one show at a time, blending timeless classics and original compositions with nearly irrepressible energy, and the lineup has expanded to a quartet of prodigiously talented multi-instrumentalists.
They’ve graduated from performing on the street to headlining many Bay Area venues The Chapel, Great American Music Hall, Bimbo’s 365 and performing at a multitude of festivals and events SFJAZZ, Stern Grove Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Oakland Art + Soul, Outside Lands and more. In addition to headlining their own shows they’ve performed alongside phenomenal artists like Karen O, Booker T, Joan Osborne, Sugar Pie Desanto, to name a few. Asked to describe their sound and approach by The Bay Bridged, the band responded, “This group is a punk band with jazz instruments and classical inclinations.”
Asked to describe their sound and approach by The Bay Bridged, the band responded, “This group is a punk band with jazz instruments and classical inclinations.”
A throwback sound that evokes the honky-tonk ghosts of Barbary Coast.
San Francisco Chronicle
A throwback sound that evokes the honky-tonk ghosts of Barbary Coast.
San Francisco Chronicle
Personnel
John Thatcher Boomer piano & clarinet
Arlo Perlstein piano & trumpet
Dustin Smurthwaite trombone
Tyler Ryan Miller bass
Jimi Marks drums
This group is a punk band with jazz instruments and classical inclinations.
The Bay Bridged
Personnel
John Thatcher Boomer piano & clarinet
Arlo Perlstein piano & trumpet
Dustin Smurthwaite trombone
Tyler Ryan Miller bass
Jimi Marks drums
This group is a punk band with jazz instruments and classical inclinations.
The Bay Bridged
Watch & Listen
John Brothers Piano Company
Off Bass
John Brothers Piano Company
Mint Julep
John Brothers Piano Company
Off Bass
John Brothers Piano Company
Mint Julep