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Take an exhilarating "energetic" (Wall Street Journal) "doze of jazz vocals" (Time Out), add "shining" instrumentals (Wall Street Journal) and a dash of yesteryear, then mix in a whole lot of musical dexterity and charm - and you have one of New York’s most beloved swing bands, Svetlana & the Delancey Five, rippling through the city, "making hot jazz sound cool" (BlueMonkMoods). From premier NYC jazz clubs to the underground world of secret speakeasies, Svetlana & The Delancey Five is a "very sweet & naughty" (Jazzlives), "energetic" (Wall Street Journal), "delightful" (WRHU Jazz Radio), Golden Age-inspired swing band. Playing hard swinging 1920s-40s jazz standards as well as charismatic originals, and featuring Svetlana's "fine and graceful" (Jazzlives) "made for jazz" (Streetcredmusic) vocals backed by the band members' harmonizing and virtuoso instrumentals - their tunes are so infectious, they'll steal your heart and sweep you off your feet! PERSONNEL:
"Led by energetic vocalist Svetlana Shmulyian, the quintet co-stars Adrian Cunningham on clarinet and tenor (shining on "Lester Leaps In") while Dalton Ridenhour piano work ensures that the group splits the difference between Fat Waller's Rhythm and Counts Basie's Kansas City Five" (Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, 9.15.12) and also features "jazz hero" (JazzLives) Charlie Carnicas (tr), Rob Garcia, “…one of New York’s great jazz drummers and composers.” (Capital New York) and “a prime mover in the current Brooklyn jazz scene…” (Time Out-New York) and powerful and in-demand New York city bassist Brandi Disterheft ("She has the same lope or ryhthmical pulse as my late bass player, Ray Brown. She is what we call serious ." - Oscar Peterson)
REVIEWS:
"I love energy that I feel when I am performing with Svetlana because [her] performance encompasses what’s happening on the stage and what’s happening in the audience. That energy … is really magnificent when the two come together - and that’s what always happens on her gigs”. (Wycliffe Gordon, trumpeter, band leader, and arranger, three time winner of the trombone Downbeat competition)
"energetic vocalist" "shining...instrumentals" (Wall Street Journal)
"at home with the swing... fine graceful singing" (jazzlives.com);
"superb... want to hear more... voice made for jazz, great range and a sultry feminine sound" (streetcredmusic.com);
"in her element when she swings... makes hot jazz sound cool" (bluemonkmoods);
"delightful, sure to please listeners" (WRHU radio);
"expressive voice, natural swing" (radiograndbrive; fr);
"love this!" (radioadelaide, au);
"jazz experimentalist" (broadway world);
"strong vocals" (socially superlative);
"gives the audiences a dose of modern jazz vocals" (time
out NY);
"large doze of swing... we are hooked" (O's Place Jazz Magazine; 4 out of 5 review)
" It’s Svetlana & the Delancey Five, whose Swing-style jazz is as hot as the temperatures of the skilled dancers making visual spectacles in front of them. However, as you listen to their tunes more closely, you notice the voice of a woman who is also soulfully crooning in front of a ‘30s-style microphone. Her persona is effortlessly cool yet her voice possesses a sense of focused warmth. While ending each phrase with a subtly luscious vibrato, she leaves the listener in suspense. Reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald, her musical style is classic while distinctive with its modern edge." http://seenheardknown.com/music/svetlana-and-her-delancey-five/
