PORT CITY JAZZ is a septet that plays 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 Eric Anderson, and tenor sax man Anthony Marro are backed up by piano man Peter Merrill, acoustic bass man Tom Bucci and drummer Don Whitney. The result is a great mix of music that will keep your feet tapping and make you want to get up and dance. Songs like "Candy", "Bye,Bye Blackbird", "Look For The Silver Lining" and "Too Close For Comfort", together with 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 southern 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; 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 at weddings and other festive occasions.

PORT CITY 4 is a quartet consisting of leader, trumpeter Carl Bradford, along with tenor sax man Anthony Marro; acoustic bass man Tom Bucci and piano man Peter Merrill. The music consists of standards from the Great American Songbook, but the instrumentation is designed for small clubs, as well as any other form of gathering. You will find this music pleasing for both listening and dancing.


These incomparabe groups are available for club dates, conventions, dances, weddings and private celebrations.