There's an undeniable charm to old timey, Prohibition-era jazz--the specialty of San Francisco's Tumbledown House. They have all the right ingredients: crisp horn section, noodling piano, smooth, seductive vocals and of course, snappy beats that will draw the Fox Trot and the Lindy Hop out of the most stubborn of wallflowers. Yet, Tumbledown House doesn't go for the novelty angle and writes some legitimately complex old-style jazz tunes-even singing about such bizarre topics as the original 1883 story of Pinocchio or the shrine in Tucson, Arizona, dedicated to unrepentant sinners. (JS)
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There's an undeniable charm to old timey, Prohibition-era jazz--the specialty of San Francisco's Tumbledown House. They have all the right ingredients: crisp horn section, noodling piano, smooth, seductive vocals and of course, snappy beats that will draw the Fox Trot and the Lindy Hop out of the most stubborn of wallflowers. Yet, Tumbledown House doesn't go for the novelty angle and writes some legitimately complex old-style jazz tunes-even singing about such bizarre topics as the original 1883 story of Pinocchio or the shrine in Tucson, Arizona, dedicated to unrepentant sinners. (JS)
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Blackbird Tavern -- CLOSED
200 S 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113
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