Southern Fried Jazz Band August 20, 2010

SOUTHERN FRIED JAZZ BAND (SFJB) was organized by Don Edwards, a Big Band veteran and consummate musician. Edwards stated “Jazz is especially reflective of our nation’s personality and spirit.” Having watched the decline of that vibrant era in music in recent years, Edwards decided to use SFJB as a vehicle to show how vital good jazz is to the nation’s landscape and how it helps people connect to one another on a purely artistic level, allowing them to share in an experience that is part of the nation’s past, present and future.

Edwards has shared the stage with show biz legends including Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, among others. He also backed jazz great Louis Armstrong and the World’s Greatest Jazz Band.

SFJB blends music with narration and personal anecdotes into a seamless history lesson of jazz in America and evolves into an experience to be remembered long after it has left the stage.

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