PORT CITY JAZZ - is a septet that plays jazz standards from
the Great American Songbook in the Chicago/Kansas City style like no other
group north of Boston. Leader/trumpeter and vocalist Carl Bradford, along with
trombonist /vocalist Eric Anderson and sax/clarinet man Anthony Marro are
backed up by keyboard man Peter Merrill, guitarist Dave Sutton, bass man Tom
Bucci and drummer Don Whitney. The result is a great mix of sweet and low down,
hot and blue, and up-tempo music that will keep your feet tapping and make you get
up and dance. Songs like ”Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”, “Bye, Bye Blackbird”,
”Look For The Silver Lining” and “Too Close For Comfort”, together with the
great ballads like “September Song”, “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning”
and “Mean To Me” are performed in a manner that you won’t soon forget. This music will lighten your burdens
and gladden your heart.
PORT
CITY JAZZ has played throughout southern, coastal and central Maine, as well as
New Hampshire at such events as the Conference of Chief Justices; the Maine
State Bar Association Annual and Mid-Winter meetings; University of Maine
football games; Kingfield Pops concerts, the Somersworth, New Hampshire
International Children’s Festival, the River Tree Arts at Kennebunkport, the
Lewiston/Auburn Arts concerts, jazz brunches at the Portland Museum of Art and
other festive occasions.
PORT CITY JAZZ QUINTET consists of leader, trumpeter Carl
Bradford, trombone man Eric Anderson, tenor sax man Anthony Maro, keyboard man
Peter Merrill, and acoustic bass man Tom Bucci. Like the larger Port City Jazz,
this group also plays jazz standards from the Great American Songbook and this
group fits in well with any size group for any occasion. They will also lighten
your burdens and gladden your heart.
PORT CITY 4 is a quartet consisting of leader, trumpeter
Carl Bradford; tenor sax man Anthony Marro; bassist Tom Bucci and piano man
Peter Merrill. The music includes those songs played by PORT CITY JAZZ, but the
instrumentation is designed for small clubs and any other form of gathering.
You will want to get up and dance to this group just like you will with PORT
CITY JAZZ and PORT CITY JAZZ QUINTET.
These incomparabe groups are available for club dates, conventions, dances, weddings and private celebrations.
