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Zachary Serleth

Zach Serleth is a professional bassist and banjoist around the DC, MD, VA area that plays most of his gigs in Bluegrass Bands or Eastern European folk music groups. He started with the Highland Hill Boys, a Baltimore Bluegrass band that you can catch at the 8×10. Bluegrass being mostly in major chords, Zach yearned for for a darker sound in which he found Klezmer music. Studying with Margo Levert and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Zach formed Baltimore based klezmer band, The World Fair. He later joined on with Evan Tucker’s creation, Schmuck and helped run the Baltimore Klezmer jam. Soon he was studying Django Reinhardt and began playing Slovakian Gypsy music and Gypsy Jazz with Orchestra Prazevica which you can catch monthly in DC at Bossa Bistro or Marx Cafe. His roots in Appalachia and Eastern European music helps him bring an interesting twist to traditional music and dixieland swing touching on songs from many, many different areas of the world.

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About Zachary Serleth Primarily a bassist and banjo player, Zach Serleth has developed a deep love of vintage music that is reflected in his current band, Tongue in Cheek. The group's 2016 album, Mobtown Strutters Ball, pays tribute to the jny: New Orleans jazz tradition, covering tunes written from 1910 to the mid 1930s. Serleth has delved into many traditions from Appalachian blue grass to gypsy jazz. He and his partner, vocalist Bridget Cimino, have a penchant for ...

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Primary Instrument

Trombone

Location

Baltimore

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Upright Bass and Jazz Banjo lessons available at reasonable prices.

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Tangent

Swing Underground
2020

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The Mobtown...

Self Produced
2016

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