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Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints
Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints are a popular Northwest band who perform extensively on the West Coasts of the US and Canada with recurring gigs in New York City, New Orleans and Los Angeles as well. In 2016 their first album, Dream Man, won Earshot Jazz Society’s "Northwest Jazz Recording of the Year" and in 2017 & 2018 Birch was nominated as "Vocalist of the Year". Their second album "Western Soul," which features western-tinged jazz and soul originals, was released in March 2018 and received enthusiastic reviews from No Depression, PopMatters, JazzIs and steady airplay on a diverse array of stations in the Northwest and beyond, including KEXP, KNKX KBCS, WVPR, KBOO and many others.
Featuring front man Birch Pereira’s “old soul” tenor voice and his skilled bass playing, the Gin Joints offer captivating arrangements of well-crafted originals and well-chosen covers. The band features skilled and versatile musicians who share the same love of the American song traditions and the desire to offer fresh interpretations. Whether as a trio or with the addition of a pulsating horn section, the band will take you on a sonic tour of great music. Tune in, fasten your seatbelts and prepare to be transported.
Awards
Golden Ear Nominee for Vocalist of the Year, Earshot Jazz 2017 Golden Ear Winner for Recording of the Year, Earshot Jazz Awards 2016 Golden Ear Nominee for Emerging Artist 2016 &Concert of the Year (Ornette Coleman Tribute) Golden Ear Nominee for Concert of the Year 2015, Charlie Haden Tribute.
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"Pereira thrives as a lead singer and frontman handling this arrangement, never quite being swallowed by the grand tinges of rock and gospel that they invoke into the song. Instead, the entire band delivers their take on "St.James Infirmary" with a sort of slinkling and dark agency." Jonathon Frahm of Pop Matters
Birch Pereira is an almost eerily versatile bassist, arranger, and singer, as seemingly at home with the electronic beats and synth textures of his band Theoretics as he is wandering the dusty roads of American vernacular music with The Gin Joints. It’s a fairly rare upright bass player who can sing great lead vocals while laying down a locked-in groove, but Pereira makes it sound easy. His high tenor is delicate but authoritative, and always in the pocket, and the stripped- down but superbly effective arrangements are spot on.
Primary Instrument
Vocals
Location
Seattle
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
Private Music Teacher: Upright Bass Electric Bass Piano Guitar Ukulele Music Theory Composition Billlings Middle School 2015-present Dusty Strings Music School 2010-present Westside Music Academy 2011-2015 Mills Music 2012-2015
Cab Calloway
composer / conductor
Nina Simone
piano and vocals
Hoagy Carmichael
piano
Fats Domino
piano
Louis Jordan
saxophone, alto
Louis Prima
trumpet and vocals
Fats Waller
piano
Chuck Berry
guitar, electricChet Atkins
guitarMusic
Tu Ne's Jamais Trop Vieux
From: Tu Ne's Jamais Trop VieuxBy Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints
St. James Infirmary
From: Western SoulBy Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints
Dream Man
From: Dream ManBy Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints
