Category Archives: Press
DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #165: Get it Southern Style
We are delighted to have our version of “Get It Southern Style” featured as DJ Chrisbe‘s song of the week on Swing DJ Resources! This is great series highlighting classics and lesser known tunes from new and old swing bands that dancers enjoy. The website is also full of helpful resources, advice, and articles for swing DJs, both current and aspiring – check it out!
Finalist for Best Jazz Artist or Group in the Independent Weekly’s 2012 Best of the Triangle Reader’s Choice Poll
The Mint Julep Jazz Band is delighted to be a finalist for Best Jazz Artist or Band in our first year of existence! Many thanks to all of our fans who voted for us. Congratulations to our tenor saxophonist, Peter Lamb, whose band Peter Lamb and the Wolves was the winner of the Best Jazz Artist or Band award! See the results of the Independent Weekly’s 2012 Best of the Triangle Reader’s Choice poll at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/best-of-the-triangle-2012-readers-choice-poll-winners-and-finalists/Content?oid=3081364&storyPage=3
News & Observer Interview with Laura Windley and Lucian Cobb
A few weeks ago the News & Observer’s Martha Quillin interviewed Laura Windley and Lucian Cobb of the Mint Julep Jazz Band about big band music and swing dancing in the Triangle. The article was published in this weekend’s Sunday paper!
Read the article at http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/20/2077923/swing-dancing-with-big-band-sound.html.
