Combo de Luxe: Press

We're proud to say we've just received another excellent review of our CD "Some Sunny Day" in the August issue of the Mississippi, the premier newspaper for fans of
Traditional Jazz.

Combo de Luxe
evokes sounds
of Spanier-Bechet
Big Four in 1940

There is a new band in town, so to
speak, and it certainly has a different
sound among traditional jazz bands.

It is the Combo deLuxe, part of which
is from Tacoma guitarist Candace
Brown and bassist Dave Brown and
part of which hails from the Portland,
Ore., area, cornetist Chris Tyle from
Milwaukie, Ore., and reedman Jim
Buchmann from Vancouver, Wash.

The band has a sound reminiscent of
the Muggsy Spanier-Sidney Bechet Big
Four, which was a recording group from

1940.

"Actually, it's coincidental," Candace
Brown said. "The overwhelming
comments we have received from people
who have heard us is that it's amazing
how big a sound we have from a small
group.

Tyle, who also plays clarinet and sings
on the band's new compact disc, is the
leader of the Silver Leaf Jazz Band and
has performed with many bands in the
Portland area and New Orleans.

Buchmann, known commonly as
"Gentleman Jim," who also plays alto and
soprano saxophones on the CD, has
played with Climax, the Black Dogs, Walt
Disney World's Epcot Center, among
others.

Dave Brown also plays with the
Louisiana Joymakers! and played banjo
and guitar with sever~ bands, including
Uptown Lowdown and Stumptown.

Candace Brown is part of Jazzstrings,
the Browns' band. She also manages the
band.