Band

Bands at Beantown.

Toni Lynn Washington Band, also featuring Taryn Newborne

Toni Lynn Washington

Toni Lynn Washington’s 60-plus-year musical career has taken her across the planet, with multiple tours of the US, Canada and Europe. Despite such globetrotting and extended periods living outside New England, she’s widely associated with Boston because she moved to the city in the ‘50s and has been a prominent figure on its blues scene since the ‘80s, earning the nickname “Boston’s Queen of Soul and Blues.” Much like the late jazz vocalists Rebecca Parris and Carol Sloane, she is able to turn practically anything she sings into something sublime.

Josh Lee and the Extended Family

Josh Lee and the Extended Family

Josh Lee and the Extended Family is a Philadelphia based ensemble that authentically celebrates the music and the dance of the swing era. Composed of the brightest young musicians in the city, the Extended Family strives to further the 100 year tradition of big band music while honoring its pioneers—Moten, Basie, Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson to name a few. Josh is a grammy winning saxophonist, composer, and arranger, as well as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra and faculty at Temple and Villanova Universities.

Beantown All-Star Band

Taryn Newborne

Adding to our fantastic lineup this year, Sunday night will feature a collaboration with all of our bandleaders for the Beantown All-Star Band! That means Taryn Newborne, Naomi Uyama, Gordon Webster, Josh Lee, and fabulous musicians from the Josh Lee and the Extended Family! With that much talent sharing the stage, you know it will be an amazing night.

Gordon Webster Band

Pianist Gordon Webster is one of the most sought after musicians in the Lindy Hop world and we are excited to have him back again at Beantown! His tremendous musicianship and passion, supported by his first-hand knowledge of social dancing, have inspired Lindy Hoppers at hundreds of dance events worldwide. Drawing on influences as diverse as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, he serves up a smorgasbord of styles unified by one characteristic: irresistible danceability.

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