The Mad Jazz Hatters

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Released: Jun 8, 2009

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Genre: Roots Music
Location BROOKLYN, New York, Un
Profile Views: 29120
Last Login: 12/22/2011
Member Since 10/30/2008
Website www.madjazzhatters.com
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
The Mad Jazz Hatters hold forth with a spirited amalgam of Early Jazz, Americana and Jugband music with strays and waifs of soulful Yiddish and Gaelic Melody thrown in for good measure. Dressed to the nines, transporting you from the here and now, they are available for Weddings, Private Parties, Bar Mitzvahs and all manner of events. The Mad Jazz Hatters play almost every Sunday night at Moto restaurant, 394 Broadway at the corner of Hooper and Division Avenues in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, from 9:15 to 11:30pm. They can be contacted at: madjazzhatters@yahoo.com
Members
Headed by Alex Tobias (River Alexander) on Vocals, Guitar, Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonicas, Kazoo, Jew's Harp and Whistling. With Nick Cudahy on Double (Acoustic) Bass, Jeff Hudgins on Saxophone, Clarinet, Slide Whistle, Kazoo and Vocals and Timothy Quigley on percussion.
Influences
The Mississippi Sheiks, Louie Armstrong, The Carter Family, Emmett Miller, Fats Waller, Paddy Reynolds, Carolina Slim, and the many, many unsung heroes of American Music.
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The Mad Jazz Hatters