JITTERBUG VIPERS
Exotica • United States
Jazz music community with review and forums
The Jitterbug Vipers specialize in a cult jazz offshoot called “viper music,” a screeching U-Turn back to the party where jazz music packed the dance floor and dazzled the audience with brilliant streams of improvisatory musicianship.
Steeped in the ribald wit, quaint sophistication, and graceful virtuosity of classic artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, the Jitterbug Vipers make the sound their own. “We don’t think of ourselves as a jazz band,” says bassist Francie Meaux Jeaux. “We think of ourselves as a 1930s rock band. We just wail.” Raucous and refined, toking and swinging, the Austin-based quartet draws the crowd into its heady bliss whenever and wherever it takes the stage.
Most modern takes on the 20s and 30s feel stiff and rehearsed, long shackled by nostalgia and overly reverent revivalism. But the Jitterbug Vipers’ “swingadelic” tunes are a different story, full of energy and genuine surprises.
***
The Jitterbug Vipers
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition
JITTERBUG VIPERS Online Videos
See all JITTERBUG VIPERS videos
Buy JITTERBUG VIPERS music
More places to buy jazz & JITTERBUG VIPERS music
JITTERBUG VIPERS Discography
JITTERBUG VIPERS albums / top albums
JITTERBUG VIPERS EPs & splits
JITTERBUG VIPERS live albums
JITTERBUG VIPERS demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)
JITTERBUG VIPERS re-issues & compilations
![]()
JITTERBUG VIPERS singles (0)
JITTERBUG VIPERS movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)
JITTERBUG VIPERS Reviews
No JITTERBUG VIPERS music reviews posted yet.
JITTERBUG VIPERS Movies Reviews
No JITTERBUG VIPERS movie reviews posted yet.
JITTERBUG VIPERS Shouts
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!