FIVE & DIME JAZZ

Five & Dime Jazz is the duo of Eberle Umbach & John Hayes— that's us, with some Five & Dime Jazz tools,  in the pic opposite.   We're located in Indian Valley, Idaho.  Although this does appear on most maps, few people know where it is.  We're about two & a half hours northwest of Boise (three hours at the speeds we drive). Our Five & Dime Jazz repertoire focuses on  "standards" from roughly the first half of the 20th century— everything from early Tin Pan Alley to “Great American Songbook” composers like Carmichael & Gershwin.  We also add in original material, & this ranges widely in style, from ragtime to bossa nova with lots of stops in between.  Here are mp3 links to a couple of our original tunes— the first is called Rubato Kangaroo— we co-wrote this one; the second, which Eberle wrote, is called Zebra Weather (both songs are © Plum Alley Music, 2001-2008) As you can see from the picture, Eberle's main instruments in Five & Dime Jazz are the flute & melodica.  We're guaranteed at every gig to have at least one person ask what the melodica is—  it's a sort of wind instrument version of the accordion.  John plays guitar, tenor guitar & tenor & baritone ukuleles.

John & Eberle

FIVE & DIME JAZZ PAGES: FOR INFO ON OUR SILENT FILM SCORES: BIJOU ORCHESTRETTE WHAT'S NEW (updated 2/02/09) FIVE & DIME JAZZ NEWS: CURRENT & PAST MUSIC PROJECTS: (with mp3's) ANTIGONE THE ALICE IN WONDER BAND ROOTABAGA STORIES MOOMINPAPPA AT SEA FOR INFO ON OUR MUSIC TEACHING STUDIO: PLUM ALLEY MUSIC JOHN'S BLOG: ROBERT FROST'S BANJO & CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: THE IDAHO FILM COLLECTION CWONKUS PRODUCTIONS ROOTABAGA.NET

Soulful melodica

We've also tried our hand at composing soundtracks to silent films, writing scores (with support from the Idaho Commission on the Arts & the Idaho Film Collection) for two Nell Shipman movies: Back to God's Country & The Grub Stake.  Because you can never have too many band names, we perform our silent film scores as The Bijou Orchestrette.  Just follow the link to find out more about our "silent film incarnation."

FOR MORE INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC:

fiveanddimejazz@yahoo.com

FIVE & DIME JAZZ GETS AROUND

You won't make it to "Easy Street" as a small town jazz duo, but you do get to see some interesting places.  Some of our significant shows include: The Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco Epic Arts Teahouse, Berkeley, California Claremont-McKenna College, Clarmeont, California The Garden Eclectica Art Fair, Portland, Oregon The Sumpter Valley Railroad Night Train, Sumpter, Oregon The Grove Hotel, Boise, Idaho The Alpine Playhouse, McCall, Idaho The McCall Folk Festival, McCall, Idaho The Council Mountain Music Festival, Council, Idaho