Postmodern Jukebox is a vintage band of musicians who are known for mining original pop songs and cover them in styles of jazz, ragtime and swing. The variable group of some forty-two musicians is the brain-child of digital piano player and arrang
er Scott Bradlee who keeps a tight lid on this explosive new bent. From vocalists to woodwind, brass, strings and percussion players, Postmodern Jukebox encompasses all sections of the traditional orchestra with its streamlined selection of hand-picked and dextrous performers hat make up ensembles of a hand full of players. Musical arrangements are slick, seamless affairs that span the decades of celebrity ‘biggies’ from Elvis to George Michael to Miley Cyrus.
As the Christmas season approaches the Postmodern Jukebox arrangement of Elvis’ ‘’Blue Christmas’’ will no doubt go down well as a tongue-in-cheek act where the doubling of double basses lead this Yuletide smoothie through its paces. With Kate Davis fronting on double bass and vocals this vintage swipe at all things blue also features Adam Kubota twinning with an upright of his own. Scott Bradlee accompanies on the digital piano with an overstated ragtime rendition backed by a more sensitive offering by Chip Thomas on drums. ‘’Duelling Basses’’ may be the title though the three wise performing it could have perhaps improved on its less than imaginative title. Continue reading “Postmodern Jukebox – Blue-tiful Bassline”