Area’s Only Weekly Jazz Series
Returns to Taunton

RESET Festival for September Inaugurates Sundays
at Steve’s Backstage Pass

TAUNTON – From New Orleans’ turn-of-the-century rhythms to 40s swing and modern jazz-funk fusion, the sounds of America’s Music return to Taunton in September as the month-long RESET Jazz Festival takes over Sunday Evenings at Steve’s Backstage Pass.

RESET, which brings back favorites from this spring’s Jazz In June series at Steve’s, is intended to kick off a continuous Sunday jazz feature at the Taunton establishment. Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., is currently the only music showcase in the Attleboro-Taunton area offering  jazz on a regular basis.

Already confirmed are, Sept. 9, Adriel Azure and his Dream Indigo Orchestra; Sept. 16, The Dixie Diehards Dixieland Band; Sept. 23, Andy Solberg and Friends, and Sept. 30, the Mike Erickson Band with the Marcus Monteiro Quartet. All of the early-evening shows begin promptly at 7.

Sunday night jazz at Steve’s will be served up in an attractive, family-friendly atmosphere with modest entertainment charges ranging from $6-12. Full bar service, appetizers and tasty desserts are also on the bill. For complete information, visit www.thedessertclub.com or dial 508-824-3436.

ABOUT THE BANDS:

September 9

Adriel Azure and His Dream Indigo Orchestra present a broad cross-section of American nostalgia including jazz from Dixieland to swing,  Delta and jump blues and latin music with a  sassy, sexy flair. The band, which has received enthusiastic welcomes at such notable Boston venues as the Paradise and the Beehive, puts its jive on the line with a lineup that can include as many as 13 musicians ranging from violins and steel guitars to horns and banjos. Brassy female vocals are a feature. Showtime: 7-9 p.m. Admission: $7.

Sept. 16

The Dixie Diehards Dixieland Band with Taunton’s own Jimmy Kelleher means jazz from New Orleans to the Delta with traditional favorites made famous by Kid Ory, Louis Armstrong, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and others. You’ll want to sing along with “Hello Dolly” and “Five Feet Two” and sway to the melody of “Basin Street Blues” or “Midnight In Moscow” and why not? Sing- and dance-alongs are a Diehards specialty. Showtime: 7-9 p.m. Admission: $6.

Sept. 23

Andy Solberg and Friends has at its head easily one of New England’s most respected jazz guitaritsts – not to mention a highly-versatile artist who seems to command equal mastery of almost every major music genre from blues and rock to country. An accomplished recording artist as well as bandleader and session player, Solberg has been making music in New England since 1979. The highly-professional modern jazz lineup includes Ted Decolo on Reeds, Mark Snyder on bass and Phil Neighbors on drums. Showtime: 7-9 p.m. Admission: $10.

Sept. 30