Downloadable Electronic Press Kit:
Includes the photos below, one-sheet with bio, contact info, and 3 tracks from latest recording.

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File Type: | zip |
Photos:
Photo credit: Elizabeth Thomas
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Bio:
The Hadacol Bouncers formed in the summer of 2013 for a Portland, Maine swing dance festival and have never looked back. They have continued their close association with the dance crowd and are always looking to play for dancers. The group is a joint effort by co-band leaders Tom Whitehead (piano) and Peter Dunphy (banjo). Tom has a multi-style background in blues, New Orleans R&B and Bebop piano, and Peter has been playing New Orleans and Chicago style jazz since he was fourteen. When forming the group, Tom and Peter handpicked some of their favorite musicians from the Portland and Portsmouth jazz scene.
The Hadacol Bouncers play the music of Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Louis Armstrong and more. The music is a fun hybrid of New Orleans Jazz, Chicago-style Jazz, novelty songs and other classics from the great American songbook. Hadacol has a traditional lineup of banjo/tenor guitar, piano, tuba, drums, trombone, soprano sax/clarinet and trumpet/cornet. They can be heard regularly at Portland cafe and performance venue Local Sprouts Cooperative and at Acoustic Artisans for Portland Swing Project’s Wednesday Night Stomp.
Genre:
New Orleans & Chicago-style Jazz
Recommended if you like:
Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong
Band Members:
Tom Whitehead – Piano, Vocals & Guitar
Peter Dunphy – Tenor Banjo, Tenor guitar & Vocals
Don Whitney - Drums
Nat Balch - Clarinet
Ray Sapirstein - Cornet
Bill Rayne – Trombone, vocals
Tom Wilbur - Tuba
The Hadacol Bouncers play the music of Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Louis Armstrong and more. The music is a fun hybrid of New Orleans Jazz, Chicago-style Jazz, novelty songs and other classics from the great American songbook. Hadacol has a traditional lineup of banjo/tenor guitar, piano, tuba, drums, trombone, soprano sax/clarinet and trumpet/cornet. They can be heard regularly at Portland cafe and performance venue Local Sprouts Cooperative and at Acoustic Artisans for Portland Swing Project’s Wednesday Night Stomp.
Genre:
New Orleans & Chicago-style Jazz
Recommended if you like:
Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong
Band Members:
Tom Whitehead – Piano, Vocals & Guitar
Peter Dunphy – Tenor Banjo, Tenor guitar & Vocals
Don Whitney - Drums
Nat Balch - Clarinet
Ray Sapirstein - Cornet
Bill Rayne – Trombone, vocals
Tom Wilbur - Tuba
Contact:
Email: TheHadacolBouncers@gmail.com
Web: HadacolBouncers.com
For Booking: Gillian Davis, (207) 899-5254
Web: HadacolBouncers.com
For Booking: Gillian Davis, (207) 899-5254