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Since 1996, Chicago’s Rhythm Rockets have been delivering 100 shows a year of their brand of vintage Rhythm & Blues, with songs influenced by the sax-driven bands of the late 1940s and early 1950’s. In keeping with that style of music, the Rhythm Rockets’ performances reflect the diversity of Jazz, Rhythm & Blues for which Chicago is famous for.

From original compositions to matchless arrangements of vintage classics, the Rhythm Rockets deliver danceable, high-energy music in an authentic stage show that appeals to audiences of all ages.

The Rhythm Rockets have a song repertoire’ that pays tribute to the women who were the pioneers of Rhythm & Blues, a style of music that was dominated by men!  The show concentrates on the influential women who dominated the charts during the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s. Some of the great artists covered in their song books are Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Etta James, Peggy Lee, Annie Laurie, Ella Mae Morse, Big Maybelle Smith, Nina Simone, Ella Johnson and more.

In their home state of Illinois, the Rockets have performed at the Paramount Arts Center, Navy Pier Grand Ballroom, Willowbrook Ballroom, Woodstock Opera House, Sinnissippi Bandshell- Rockford, Frankie’s Blue Room, Rialto Square Theater, House of Blues, Chord on Blues and more. The band held down a monthly residency at one of Chicago’s top 5 Jazz venues, the classy Katerina’s Supper Club on the first Saturday of each month for 4 years. They currently perform monthly at another premier Chicagoland Jazz venue, Pete Miller’s.

In addition, the band has performed in numerous venues across America, recorded and self produced five albums, and had four original songs featured on the FOX-TV show, The Tick in 2001.

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Global Contemporary Jazz Artists, Dreaming In Colour produced by Grammy Award winning Jeff Lorber.  are a contemporary, instrumental jazz group that presents an atmosphere of resonant song writing full of energy and melodiousness. The group’s diverse musical influences and contributions to contemporary jazz have been well received and appreciated by lovers of this genre.

The nucleus of Dreaming In Colour, bassist-Kevin Ellis and drummer-Chris Noonan, enlist some of the top guitarist, sax and keyboard luminaries in contemporary jazz for recording and performance.

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Salt Lake City isn’t one of the first places that come to mind when thinking of blues music,
but for Tony Holiday (harmonica, guitar, vocals) that’s where he found it. Growing up on
country and bluegrass music by way of people like George Jones, Hank Williams and Bill
Monroe, Tony was in love with music from an early age.
His band Tony Holiday and the Velvetones landed gigs opening for Willie Nelson and
Blind Boys of Alabama by the time the band’s guitar player Lanny Stone was only 21.
Holiday and Stone co-front the band and co-write all the songs, leaving Joel Meza
(drums) and Cody Downs (bass) to lay the groove. Tony Holiday and the Velvetones
tour the U.S.A most the year coast to coast, and will be debuting in Europe
September 2017.
Tony has shared the stage with Willie Nelson, Beth Hart , Jimmy Vaughan, Blind
Boys of Alabama, W.C Clark, John Nemeth, Guitar Shorty, Mark Hummel, Lazy
Lester, Curtis Salgado, Tinsley Ellis, Aki Kumar, Greg Izor, Brandon Santini , Adam
Gussow and many more. m Brandon Santini , Adam Gussow and many more.

2016 CWMA Awards – Best in State’ Blues Artist

Blues Harmonica Player – Tony Holiday named one of top 12 up and coming harmonica players in the U.S