the hounds - Bell End Blues Tour
Victoria 2009
the hounds first national tour
Influences
Duke Ellington
Jelly Roll Morton
The Hoodangers
Fletcher Henderson
Marvin Gaye
Sons of Sol
Louis Armstrong
Big Louis
King Oliver
Sounds Like
“The Hounds have succeeded in producing an album capable of charming even the most sceptical listener: Bell End Blues draws on the oldest of jazz styles to create new and memorable music in a way that gives The Hounds an authenticity all of their own.”
Ben Craig-Wadham – Perth Jazz Review
Oh, joy! A youthful band with a ‘traditional’ line-up, mostly their own compositions and no vocals! The writing is professional and the arrangements are just tight enough without curbing the impetuosity of youth on a rampage.”
Ron Spain – JazzScene
the hounds are a 7-piece modern traditional swinging jazz group made up of Perth’s next generation of “young jazz lions”. Regular favourites at local jazz clubs and festivals, the hounds pride themselves on their killer live show, delivering high energy performances that feed off the septet’s ready humour, raucous group improvisation, multiple soloists and driving rhythm section.
In recent times they have turned their attention to creating original music in the style and spirit of the traditional jazz masters but with a modern jazz twist.
the hounds have just released Bell End Blues, a mix of original music from group leader Mace Francis and bassist Wayne Slater with a few classics thrown in.
In 2008 the hounds raised the roof at the Perth Jazz Society, stopped traffic in downtown Albany, made a triumphant return to the Bunbury International Jazz Festival and wowed the inaugural York Jazz & Soul Festival.
the hounds finished 2008 on a high note by launching their very own 2009 Calendar - a collection of hilarious photos of the band to keep you giggling throughout the year.
