Spike Jones, Ambrose and his Orchestra, Roy Fox, Al Bowlly, Sol Hoopii, Django Reinhardt, early Theramin recordings, cats being strangled, Irving Berlin, Cab Calloway, Slim and Slam, The Cats and the Fiddle, Fats Waller, Bonzo Dog Band, Mills Brothers, Mannie Klein, early Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Ukulele Ike and the like!
Mr Dennis Teeth is a cutting edge virtuoso. Since 2001 his unusual talents have taken him all over the UK and Europe. A veteran of numerous cabarets, festivals and intimate venues, Mr Teeth has delighted audiences with his fabulous Musical Saw and Ukulele playing. Dennis has played live on TV from Glastonbury Festival, was recently featured as an act on Graham Norton's "When Will I Be Famous?" on BBC 1 and has also appeared on popular variety show "The Slammer". Recent appearences include a cabaret in the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom for the fabulous Whoopee Club, supporting talented wordsmith Ian Macmillan of radio 4 and playing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (as principal saw player).
Almost five years ago he joined forces with Duke Marmapants and the inimitable Maris Piper to form 'The Hot Potato Syncopators'. A band which combines nonsense and nostalgia to create the finest blend of musical mayhem there is.
Mr Dennis Teeth is also considered to be among the best Gramophone DJs on the planet, spinning the very finest in Swing, Dance Band and Hawaiian Jazz.
Member of the International Saw Players Association, Musicians Union and The Ukulele Research and Development Society.
Dennis has also started playing with The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain as a stand in member (thanks chaps!).
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Opening night: Tuesday 9th june 2009 - 9pm / 11.30pm
Forget about the gym workout: come dancing!!
(and save on the gym subscription and the dating site subscription too...)
Thank goodness we will be opened on the 9th for the first edition of Swing Mon Amour so you'll have something nice to do on a tuesday night. It's very cheap (in terms of money not quality obviously), and you'll get great acts every week that will make you sweat and get plenty of excercice. I'm talking resident Dj El Nino from Black Cotton Club & Lady Luck, and Gentleman Tim & the Contenders a great 1950's swing R&B Chicago blues band. You'll dance all night, guaranted!
Styles : Blues - Chicago Blues - West coast Blues - 20's 30's - Gypsy swing - Big Band - Swing - R&B - Jump Jive - Rockabilly - Rock&Roll - Western Hillbilly - and many more...
Hi Teeth! Lovely to have seen you too. I hope we bump into each other again soon...without causing each other any harm that is. Big Syrupy Waffle back at ya! X, Shelley.
I would like to share some exciting news: after a long application process, the NYC Musical Saw Festival was approved by the Guinness Book of Records to attempt to break the current world record for the 'Largest Musical Saw Ensemble'. The current world record (set in Poland last year) is 27 musical saw players playing together. Could we set a new world record on July 18th? We need your help for it! Please join us and be part of a Guinness World Record breaking attempt at the 7th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival: When: Saturday, July 18th, 2pm Where: Trinity Church, 37th street corner of 31st Avenue, Astoria (Queens), NYC. Admission: $10 Info: www.MusicalSawFestival.org
For the Guinness World Record attempt all sawists will be playing 2 pieces together (in what we call the 'Chorus of the Saws'): Ave Maria/Schubert - accompanied by church organ Over the Rainbow - accompanied by piano The 'Chorus of the Saws' will be conducted by Scott Munson.
Hope to see you there, and please - pass the info on - we need to get as many musical saw players to participate as possible to set a new Guinness World Record!
Please check out our new comedic “vampire bankers” music video. The guy who directed this also directed Madonna’s first music vid. We think it’s pretty funny. It’s available as a free mp3 download on http://www.ukejackson.com
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
I wanted to let you know that last summer's Musical Saw Festival made a top 10 list. It's number 2 on WFMU Radio DJ Bronwyn's list of Best Things of 2008. You can find the WFMU list here: http://blog. wfmu. org/freeform/2009/01/pretty-good-the. html
This year’s NYC Musical Saw Festival is scheduled for July 18, 2009, 2pm. It sure would be great if you happened to be travelling to NY and could participate!
Hi, merci beaucoup for being my friend. I hope to see you on sunday evening in Brick Lane, it's going to be vibrant (at the Vibe Live ;-) Ahahaha a).
Tricity Vogue's Cheeky jazz (sexy 1920-30-40s 7 piece live band), but also: Lenka Padysakova's 1940s Fashion show (Beautiful dresses and pearls, high heels, stockings with seams, red lipstick and expensive perfumes), Superstar Dj CountSizzle (Antique sleaze & vintage voodoo) playing his collection of rare 78s on his gramophones.
