Tiny Crimes Live at Volume Records

Tiny Crimes evoke the Jazz of the late 1930’s to early 1940s - when Swing was evolving

into Bebop and electric guitars were making themselves heard for the first time. Two of

the great electric pioneers were Charlie Christian and Tiny Grimes, whose playing

helped set the standard for this new instrument.

Tiny Crimes is a project to celebrate the music of these early pioneers and of their

peers, such as Benny Goodman and Lester Young. The members are Richard King and

Des Mc Hugh on guitars, Graham Lloyd on bass, Bob Batty on Saxophone and Clarinet,

and Fran Dowling on drums. They come from the diverse musical worlds of Gypsy Jazz,

Chicago Blues, Bossa Nova, Straight Ahead Jazz and world music, with a common

belief:

“These tunes aren’t good because they’re Standards; they’re Standards because they’re

good”.

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