12th Avenue Hot Club at Andina Restaurant

We got a surprise in our email this morning from a new friend, Alex Vasquez. He captured this candid video of the trio at Andina Restaurant during his recent trip to Portland from Texas. You can see Tracy on the left, Dax on the right (nice bass solo Dax!) and our friend Pete Matern on guitar in the middle.

Thanks for sending this in, Alex!

Hot Club at the Carlyle

Joe, Dax, Tracy and Isaac played our first time at the renowned Carlyle Restaurant in NW Portland this weekend, for a private holiday party. Doug was at another holiday gig, or he would have been there with us. Excellent food, great atmosphere, and let's just say the lighting speaks for itself.

At first, we saw the people arriving in seasonally inappropriate Hawaiian print shirts, khakis and muu-muus, and we just thought it was a country club. Then we realized the night's theme was "A Night at South Beach." From there, it all began to make sense. But the string bikinis and speedos were noticeably absent.

Great time, lots of dancing, and our friend Muriel joined us for the second half of the night to croon the night away and kick the holidays off right.

David's Harp-Friday 7pm @ St. David of Wales Episcopal Church

Come join the 12th Avenue Hot Club for a night of great gypsy jazz swing and support a wonderful organization.
This will be our second performance to help raise support and awareness for David's Harp. The mission of David's Harp is to provide a warm, friendly, supportive environment in which adults with a major mental illness, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation can come together to achieve an improved quality of life and the highest possible level of independence in the community.

Live Recording!
We will be recording this performance for an upcoming CD release so come and be a part of this historic event.

The hot swing starts and 7pm.
All ages are welcome.
See you there!

St David of Wales Episcopal Church,
2800 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97214l