Miss Maybell
& Her Ragtime Romeos
Playing Vintage Jazz, Ragtime and Blues.
Miss Maybell sources her tunes from dusty old 78 records and antique sheet music, trying to give new life to songs created over 100 years ago!
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“Miss Maybell plays a large repertoire of early Jazz, Ragtime and Blues from the 1890’s - 1920’s. She sources her tunes from dusty old 78 records and antique sheet music, trying to give new life to songs created over 100 years ago! With this unique sound and dedication she was recently featured on The NPR Show “Person, Place, Thing” with Randy Cohen. She has played and sold out residencies at the legendary Birdland Theater. She also has played on festival bills throughout the country and abroad. In Europe, she recently headlined ‘Sevilla Swing’ in Seville, Spain and sold out a week of shows at Marian's Jazz Room in Bern, Switzerland.”
"Miss Maybell plays banjo and taps her steel brushes on a tricked-out washboard. She also commands an impressive kazoo, but the secret weapon (she unleashes) is (her) vocals — deep and strong enough to join an angel choir with the likes of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday." - New Hampshire Magazine
"Miss Maybell (has) a groove that is truly timeless."- The Syncopated Times 2019
Listening to this CD, it would be easy to believe that much of the music was recorded in the mid-1920s. Miss Maybell has a vocal style that is similar to that of the classic blues singers of the era, ranging from Ethel Waters to Bessie Smith without copying any one vocalist. She puts plenty of bluesy feeling into the songs (which include both vintage blues and vaudeville-type songs), she swings, and she also plays washboard. - LA Jazz Scene