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Sherry Canary and the Kool Kats

Presented by PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music at PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music

October 2, 2010

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Sherry Canary & the Kool Kats emerged as a result of our shared love of Gypsy Jazz and standards. Sherry "Canary" Somach has always had an affinity for standards and swing. She became interested in Gypsy Jazz while attending summer music camp at Ashokan at least 12 years ago, before it started gaining popularity. She also writes original music in the genre. Sherry and violinist Bill Nixon met at a party. She was packing up to leave and someone asked her to do one more song. Bill had just arrived from a gig. He was in the kitchen, but when he heard the music he came out playing his violin. It was magic. It felt like they had played music forever! Bill is classically trained, and performs periodically with a symphonic orchestra. He also plays Irish, Cajun, and jazz violin. When he got turned on to Gypsy Jazz, he was a natural. He has since studied with Tim Klipius,an amazing violinist from Holland, and sits in with the Hot Club of Philadelphia.