If you missed the Mint Julep Jazz Band’s interview and performances on WUNC’s The State of Things on November 22, 2013, you can listen to the 20 minute segment here: http://wunc.org/post/swing-music-has-come-and-gone-and-come-again
Enjoy!
We are excited to announce that the Mint Julep Jazz Band has been invited to appear on WUNC’s The State of Things, hosted by Frank Stasio, on November 22, 2013 to help promote Housing for New Hope‘s inaugural Rent Party on November 23, 2013 at The Cookery in Durham (see post below). Tune in from noon to 1:00 p.m. to hear an interview and live music from the band – listen online or watch the live video stream!
Now, to figure out how to get 8 band members into a radio station studio… 🙂
We are excited to announce that the Mint Julep Jazz Band is performing at Housing for New Hope‘s inaugural Rent Party on November 23, 2013 at The Cookery in Durham – this is a fundraiser for an organization that actually helps people pay their rent to help prevent homelessness, among other services to help people in need of housing and prevent homelessness in Durham. There will be dancing, food, an open bar, and the chance to help people in our community, all with a rent party/jazz age theme. Come help us raise the rent for the fine people of Durham!
Tickets and information available at http://durhamcookery.com/rent-party.
We are excited to be the headlining (and only) band at this year’s Eastern Balboa Championships, October 31 through November 2, 2013! This event, in its last year, has been the flagship event in the Southeast for Balboa and we are proud to be a part of its traditions of ninjas, fairies, nerf hunting, and sumo wrestling…and dancing Balboa to excellent swing music. See you Saturday night for some serious shuffling!
Come see us perform on November 2, 2013 from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at the North Raleigh Hilton. Admission is included with weekend pass holders, $20 a la carte gets you into the main dance and the late night DJ’d dance.
We are excited to tell you that the Mint Julep Jazz Band was voted the best musical artist/band in the 2013 Best of Durham Awards, sponsored by Durham Magazine! We are supremely surprised and grateful for the love and send out immense thank yous to everyone who voted for us.
We named our first album after this town to show how much we love Durham, and we are getting the love back from you tenfold. 😀
Thank you, Durham!
Just found this video from our recording session in January, 2013 – this is what it looked and sounded like when we recorded “Front and Center” for our album “Durham on Saturday Night” – thanks to Ashley Warren for the video!
As part of Yehoodi’s ILHC broadcast, they put together this entertaining and concise explanation of Lindy Hop for the masses who may not know exactly what that entails – the background track is the Mint Julep Jazz Band’s “Miami Boulevard,” off our new album “Durham on Saturday Night” – woot!
We can’t tell you how excited we are to be performing at Glen Echo Park‘s illustrious and gorgeous Art Deco era ballroom, the Spanish Ballroom where many of the great bands of the swing era have performed! Join us for a night of dancing in DC at this historic venue, courtesy of our hosts, DC’s Jam Cellar.
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD
9 p.m. to midnight, admission is $16.
This past weekend the hosts of Yehoodi‘s talk show Swing Nation hosted a live stream of the International Lindy Hop Championships, held in Washington, D.C. – the Mint Julep Jazz Band tune “Miami Boulevard” (penned by our very own Keenan McKenzie) was featured as the theme song for the broadcast! You can view archives of the broadcast on Justin.tv and check it out, as well as all of the world class Lindy Hop dancers in the competitions.
We’d like to send a huge thank you out to Seattle dancer Jennifer Lee for inviting us to be the soundtrack for her short film, “One Girl and Two Boys,” which took first prize at the 2013 Jazz Dance Film Fest! Check out the video below and enjoy the great dancing, music, and story!
Mint Julep Jazz Band 