 The Swing Daddies are hot! Here's a band that uses innovative arrangements for Sax, Trumpet, and Rhythm Section to play the music of Count Basic, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Louie Prima, and other greats from the Swing Era. A dance band with one foot on the dance floor, the other in the concert hall, the Swing Daddies can rock the house with dance grooves one moment and play the most beautiful jazz songs the next. But it doesn't stop there. Add in Latin, Salsa, Blues, Ave, Rhythm and Blues, plus the repertoire from the Great American Songbook, mix it with dancers who can Swing, Lindy, Foxtrot, Jitterbug, Cha Cha, Rhumba or Salsa the night away and the energy is high!
The Swing Daddies most recently played the 2002 Crestone Music Festival in Colorado, opening on the main stage just before the Cajun band "Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet". They've performed for the Alamosa Live Music Association in Colorado, as part of the 2000 Taos Jazz Festival, the Los Alamos Summer concert series, played for 800 cast and crew members at the Santa Fe Opera House, New Mexico Technical College in Socorro, Fort Collins University Colorado, Santa Fe Opera Guild Masked Ball, Quail Run Santa Fe, Genoviva Chavez Center Santa Fe, Millennium New Years Eve Party Sagebrush Inn Convention Center Taos, New Years Eve 2002 La Posada in Santa Fe, and gigs at Cats downtown in Santa Fe, the Alley Cantina, the Taos Inn, the Vista Grill, and the Sagebrush Inn in Taos. They also have a busy schedule playing for weddings and private parties in Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque New Mexico. The Swing Daddies have a new CD release called, "Live at the Taos Jazz Festival 2000".
 Aaron Lewis, leader and director of the Swing Daddies; plays saxophones, flute, oboe, and does vocals. He has played at the 2002 Taos Solar Music Festival, 2002 Madrid Blues Festival, is a member of the Taos Woodwind Quintet, Los Otros, the Motor Kings, TaoSamosa, and the Aaron Lewis Jazz Trio. B.A. in Music he is a Former Music Department Chairman at LACES; performed with Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Taos Chamber Music Group, Taos Community Orchestra. He is a player of rock, reggae, casuals and studio recordings in L.A., Taos, and Santa Fe; played in the Los Alamos Big Band and played Solo Tenor in the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band for 6 years.
Jack Manno, pianist, singer. Arranger and presenter of summer jazz cameos from the Santa Fe Desert Chorale; former pianist with the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band; has worked with Lena Home, Harry Belafonte, Carol Burnett; Julie Andrews, and Perry Como; is founder and director of the Crosscurrent Jazz Quartet.
Richard Snider, bassist. Has been a professional musician and teacher for three decades; founder of the Santa Fe Little Big Band; has played with Ritchie Cole, Paul Horn; played with the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band; is the founder of Capitol High School Academy of Performing Arts in Santa Fe.
Joe Holland, trumpet and flugelhorn. B.A. in Music, M.S. in Computer Science; has played with the Corpus Christi Symphony, Oasis Rock Band; Los Alamos Big Band; Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band, Corps de Camera; was founder of the Corpus Christi Brass Quintet; is the leader of the High Mesa Brass Quintet.
Bryan Lewis, drummer, singer. A professional musician for 40 years, he started playing music in his dad's pub in London at age 17. In 1960 came to the USA as a flea trainer extraordinaire; played with saxophonist Eddie Shu in the Caribbean, and in L.A. and New York with Dionne Warwick, Carmen MacRae, Chet Baker, Ritchie Cole, Randy Brecker, and Kenny Barron.
Katy Palmier, female vocalist. Newest member of the Swing Daddies was born in 1981 to a musical family. Moving to Taos 3 years ago she has been active in the Taos performance scene. She has Performed in James Luhan's "Tales of Taos", Kids Unleashed, Mary Bruschini's Taos Gospel Choir, and has been the opening act for two Taos Jazz Festival shows in 2001; the Cindy Blackman Quartet, and the Odeon Pope Trio with David Murray where she received two standing ovations in one night for her Acapella performance. |
