THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS: Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums
featuring Miss Carmen Getit
Steve Lucky & Miss Carmen Getit, the bandleaders of the Rhumba Bums, bring their six-piece band together for the first time since the pandemic started. Playing vintage rhythm & blues, jazz, swing, and boogie woogie, the Rhumba Bums are renowned for their high-energy, highly entertaining show. "The Rhumba Bums abide by Cab Calloway's advice: 'Live what's in your soul and sing your friggin' heart out’" (Downbeat Magazine)
Watch the LIVE STREAM on youtube or facebook
Donations/tips accepted via venmo.com/rhumbabums or paypal.me/rhumbabums
Muddy Waters’ pianist Pinetop Perkins called Carmen Getit his “favorite guitarist;” she performed and recorded with him on “Ladies Man,” which was nominated for a Grammy and won the W.C. Handy award for “Best Traditional Blues Album.” She’s been called “one of the most striking young blues guitarists in the country”, and is profiled in the All Music Guide’s “500 Top Jazz Vocalists.”
Steve Lucky is described as “one of the finest two-fisted piano players in the country” by MC Records, and is in demand for his driving, Otis Spann-style Chicago blues piano, early swing stylings and his command of boogie woogie. He’s recorded and performed with Kim Wilson, Elvin Bishop, John Hammond Jr., Little Walter’s sideman Dave Myers, Zigaboo Modeliste, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Earl King, Lowell Fulson, Johnnie Johnson, and folk singer Odetta.
Providing excellent support are Galen Green and Kamrin Ortiz (saxophones), Greg Wyser-Pratte (drums), and Lukas Vesely (bass). They have performed and recorded with jazz artists Rene Marie and Alex Acuña, classical clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, and reggae legends The Abyssinians and Don Carlos. Accomplishments include jazz scholarships to the Berklee School of Music, and faculty positions at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums have two critically acclaimed recordings, Some Like It Hot and Come Out Swingin’!, garnering 4 Stars in Downbeat Magazine.
Artist Website: luckylounge.com