Datri Bean - piano, vocals
Johnathan Doyle - clarinet
Sometimes: Speedy on trombone, Sick on fiddolele, Will Landin on tuba or Ryan Gould on bass, Stephen Belans on drums...
Influences
Hoagy Carmichael, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Greg Brown, Fats Waller, Anita O'Day, Astrud Gilberto, Klezmer, tango, jug bands, Scott Joplin, Beethoven and Chopin...
I am not much into Myspace- I sign on once a month or so... So, if you want to get a message to me, please email me through my website. I try to keep the calendar here correct, but, again, my website is really the place to be. http://datribean.com
Bean was raised in a rodeo family on the plains of Wyoming. Listening to her mother's scratchy Scott Joplin records, at the age of five, she began to study piano. She kicked around here and there, eventually landing in a big house in Austin, full of jazz musicians, hooligans, exchange students and bike mechanics, from whom she learned to play jazz, fix bicycles, speak Russian and drink hooch- all at the same time.
"Southern-fried vintage jazz," ...with its languid melodies and sultry vocal lines, it does sound as if it could have floated off a Georgia porch and landed by accident in rainy, cold Seattle. Bean's vocals recall Billie Holiday, only with sheer joy replacing all that pain." The Seattle P.I.
"(Bean has a) seemingly innate ability to charm a packed house into quietude with infectious tunes about sweet tea and tamales." -About.com
We're glad to be back after a certain unplanned hiatus from myspace. Hope Austin is treating you well. Come back to the Bay area some time soon!Cheers in three-part harmony from Loretta Lynch
Thanks for the add!!! It's always a good thing to have new friends! Y'all are an inspiration!!!
Hope you dig our music - we had a great time makin' it! The music on our page is some of our "pop-ier" stuff - check out "Buginajar" or "I Love You" - I think you'd enjoy them!
If you like our music, download it (for FREE) and share with your friends. We made it to be enjoyed.
Thanks again for the add, and we hope to hear more from you
Thanks, Datri. Great to hear from you. Hopefully we'll make our way to Austin in 2009. Would love to visit you guys...can't wait to hear your next recording... joy and tom
datri! i'm so excited to see your name on the wine and music schedule right now that i can hardly stand it! as it freaking should be! hoorah. ok. deep breaths. see you next weekend (hippie). xo.
May I borrow some of YourSpace to promote MyCdRelease?
The all new, all original CRUELTY arrives Tuesday, July 29, and I'll celebrate with a show at Austin's legendary Cactus Cafe. It's free, aside from the $15 you'll certainly want to spend on the CD. Raina Rose opens at 8:30 pm, then Southpaw Jones performs in his finest suit, and nothing will ever be the same.
Datri- You are an amazing entertainer and such a colorful character! Thanks for being a friend in music! We'd love to see you in Phoenix at the FAR West Conference this October! Official showcase submissions are still being accepted til July 31st. Also not too late to host a "guerilla" showcase room and feature all your favorite artists! Check out the details on our "space". :)
hi miss! just came along your info and wanted to say hello! hope austin is treating you wonderfully and that we see you here in seattle sometime soon! xox
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