BEWARE OF IMITATORS!
PLEASE CONTACT BILLY NEMEC
OR CHRIS PISTORINO FOR ALL BOOKINGS
chris@chrispistorino.com
What our private party clients are saying about the band.
Dear Chris, Billy, David, and Thom,
James and I are so grateful that you made the trip to CT to play at our wedding. We can't express how happy we were that you were there. It was so refreshing to hear your music during the night and our quests loved dancing and watching you perform. I'm so glad we stumbled into Chez Oskar last October...you really set the tone we were hoping for for our wedding day.
Best,
Jessica Guerrette & James Vanderberg
10/11/08 wedding Farmington, CT
Dear Chris and Band,
You guys were just incredible and gave the wedding and cocktail hour the
exact vibe we had hoped for...what luck we were walking through Central Park
that day to stumble upon you guys.
Jason and Melody Dorin
UN 6/20/08 cocktail hour
To Chris Pistorino and The Blue Vipers,
Thank you for making my wedding so much fun! I appreciate that you let my dad sing, too. He loved it. Please feel free to refer other clients to me if they would like to hear a stunningly positive recommendation.
Thanks again,
Janet Choi
8/6/07 wedding
PRESS
"The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn turned the whole damn (Big Tent at The
Rochester Jazz Festival) into a swingin' Tin Pan Alley. The Blue
Vipers' drummer apparently never graduated from the kitchen, as his
whole set up was a lapful of odds and ends that he binged, banged,
whacked, and attacked with thimbled digits like a Dixieland foley
stage."
By Frank De Blase on Jun. 15th, 2008, Rochester City Newspaper
TAXI A&R review
Oct. 5th 2007
"Excellent musicianship and cool, New Orleans/Ragtime/Dixieland Jazz elements. Very Nice all around with a solid vocal performance, as well.
TIME OUT NEW YORK KIDS
Oct. 1st, 2007
BEST LIVE MUSIC BRUNCH :THE BLUE VIPERS AT SUPERFINE
"Throngs of children and their minders head to this loft like Dumbo eatery on Sundays ready to rock out, and not to kiddie tunes from some lame band."
IDOL UNDERGROUND
GOTHAMIST Aug. 5th, 2007
"The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn made us think of an act that we would hear on A Prairie Home Companion."
CONCRETEBEAT
March 2007
"The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn are a rare treat even in New York City."
LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS
Aug. 20th 2006
"The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn play old-time music from 1910 to the 1940's, just like your hip great-grandma's great collection of scratchy 78s."
Influences
Fats Waller, Joe Turner, Louis Armstrong, Willie Dixon, Hank Williams Sr., Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tuba Fats, The Mills Brothers
Sounds Like
GREAT NEWS, GREAT NEWS our new CD "Forty Days and Forty Nights" is completed. You can buy it from CD Baby by clicking this big old link right here.
Want to buy our first ever Blue Vipers T shirt? They cost $15 plus $5 shipping. This is what the graphics look like. We only have them in white on black and the sizes are S,M,L,XL. Contact Chris at chris@chrispistorino.com. Buy by check or Paypal.
Here are some pictures of us busking in front of OK Cigars in SOHO. OK CIGARS
Here is a little photo/audio montage of our first night at The Rochester Jazz Fest. ROCHESTER JAZZ FEST 2008
Click here to hear our interview and performance on WAMC's Performance Place
Check out this video by Matt Adams about buskers like us called BUSKERS
Rikomatic shot some cool video of us performing at The Swing House @ Galapagos. Here it is: LADY BE GOOD DANCE ALL NIGHT
EMAIL LIST! EMAIL LIST! EMAIL LIST!
If you would like to be on our email list so you can be notified about all of our performances and our next CD release or if you would like to book the band for your private event and/or huge fantastic concert/tour?
Contact us directly at:
Chris@chrispistorino.com
Willie Nelson digs The Blue Vipers Click Here to check it out.
When not touring, we perform every:
- Sunday at 7pm at The House, 121 E17th Street, Manhattan.
- Monday at 8PM at Chez Oskar ( Corner of Dekalb and Adelphi in Fort Green
Brooklyn).
- Thursday at 8pm at Bartabac ( Corner of Smith and Dean Street, Brooklyn)
Catch us performing in Central Park when ever the sun is shining. We are either near the band shell or near Bethesda Fountain or at the entrance near 5th Ave. and 69th Street.
When you see us pick up a copy of our CD "Good Night Harry."
If you are interested in vintage swing (dancing and clothing) check out Heidi Rosenau and Joe McGlynn's website. Authenticvintageswing.com
Thank you to everyone who voted for us and helped us win The Subway Idol contest on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. Use this link to check the blog of the band on the set of The Morning Show. Thanks!
The Blue Vipers
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn's Friend Space (Top 10)
Jumbie Records presents: Imaginary Homeland and Kakande as they team up for a special celebration of African rhythm and global innovation. Imaginary Homeland returns to New York City for their first show since their headline performance at the Zacatecas Festival Cultural in Mexico. Famoro Dioubate's Kakande brings their up-to-date Brooklyn take on an 800-year-old balafon beat, in their first NYC show since their acclaimed East Coast tour with Mory Kante. The world music show to catch this month in New York!
The Django Reinhardt NY Festival 2008 Featuring “The Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz” 9th year at Birdland – Nov. 4 – 9 – It’s Hot Hot! With SAMSON SCHMITT, ANDREAS OBERG, TIMBO, BRONSON, KRUNO SPISIC, The HOT CLUB of DETROIT, BRIAN TORFF. Special Guest each night including JOEL FRAHM who plays the sax as hot hot as it can be. EDMAR CASTANEDA, virtuoso on the Colombian Jazz Harp, HOWARD LEVY is a Harmonica Master, WYCLIFFE GORDON, trombonist, playing the music of Django, with his special magic, as well as DAVID LANGLOIS who plays the ‘washboard’ an unusual percussion instrument that is great fun!
Nov. 7,8,9: Samson, Ludovic, Kruno, Bronson, Timbo, Brian and The Hot Club of Detroit + Edmar Castaneda (7th), Joel Frahm (8th) David Langlois (9th).
thanks, Chris--hope to see you play sooner than later--and yes, maybe we'll find an opportunity to play together, that'd be cool. keep up the good work.
