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Ewan Bleach & Whiskey Moon Face
Whiskey Moon Face met in the streets of London and have enjoyed playing all sorts of music together including old time jazz and Dakota Jim's own original songs inspired from his life as fisherman and carpenter. Whiskey Moon Face is their band of all original songs written by Louisa Jones and improvised upon by Ewan Bleach and Dakota Jim. They have had a wonderful time playing across the UK, Europe, Russia and America.
Louisa Jones - Vocals, accordion, double bass, cornet and piano
Ewan Bleach - Clarinet, saxophone and piano
Jim Ydstie - Vocals, double bass, accordion and piano
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, singer, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing. He is also involved in projects of new music with various ensembles, and has been involved with other genres including afrobeat and traditional Turkish music.
Ewan led the Cable Street Rag Band in London and is also involved with international projects including Frog and Henry and the New Orleans band Tuba Skinny, which he has spent time with in the states
He is particularly interested in playing for dancing and has run many nights focusing on live music for dancing in London in collaboration with the swing dance scene, most notably the Cakewalk Cafe at Jago (formally passing clouds) in Dalston and Juju's Jazz Band Ball in Shoreditch.
Ewan's interest lines primarily in old sensibilities of pre-war music that he calls "music for dancing and romancing" and is fond of playing for functional events such as weddings and other private parties and happy to be setting the mood as much as being in the limelight
He is currently working on his first studio album due to be released in 2022.
You can also attend this concert in person: click here to reserve your seat.
Ewan Bleach & Whiskey Moon Face
Whiskey Moon Face met in the streets of London and have enjoyed playing all sorts of music together including old time jazz and Dakota Jim's own original songs inspired from his life as fisherman and carpenter. Whiskey Moon Face is their band of all original songs written by Louisa Jones and improvised upon by Ewan Bleach and Dakota Jim. They have had a wonderful time playing across the UK, Europe, Russia and America.
Louisa Jones - Vocals, accordion, double bass, cornet and piano
Ewan Bleach - Clarinet, saxophone and piano
Jim Ydstie - Vocals, double bass, accordion and piano
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, singer, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing. He is also involved in projects of new music with various ensembles, and has been involved with other genres including afrobeat and traditional Turkish music.
Ewan led the Cable Street Rag Band in London and is also involved with international projects including Frog and Henry and the New Orleans band Tuba Skinny, which he has spent time with in the states
He is particularly interested in playing for dancing and has run many nights focusing on live music for dancing in London in collaboration with the swing dance scene, most notably the Cakewalk Cafe at Jago (formally passing clouds) in Dalston and Juju's Jazz Band Ball in Shoreditch.
Ewan's interest lines primarily in old sensibilities of pre-war music that he calls "music for dancing and romancing" and is fond of playing for functional events such as weddings and other private parties and happy to be setting the mood as much as being in the limelight
He is currently working on his first studio album due to be released in 2022.