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The Pleasure Pilots Band |
The Pleasure Pilots band is a popular New Mexico-based dance band playing rocking vintage rhythm and blues, swing and jump music. The Pilots are a six-piece band with a horn section. Instrumentation includes: guitar, piano and Hammond B3, drums, bass, tenor and baritone saxophones. The band specializes in recreating the roots of rhythm and blues.
The Pleasure Pilots won the Junior League of Albuquerque’s “Battle of the Blues Bands” on October 13, 2007.
Conceptually, the band draws much of its material from vintage rhythm and blues artists popular in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. (Louis Jordan, Jackie Brenston, Amos Milburn, Junior Guitar Watson, T-bone Walker, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Albert King, among others). The primary focus of the music, however, is DANCE! The band has drawn very well in New Mexico, particularly among the “dance crowd.” Jay Paul and Randy Forrester of radio station KSFR’s “Gotta Dance” show, have called the group “the best swing band in New Mexico.”
A review of the band’s first demo in the Santa Fe Reporter by Jonanna Widner stated, “[the Pleasure Pilots] are really, really good and do something a little different.” “The group’s confidence remains apparent throughout the disc. With the boogie-woogie piano, hearty horns and swinging arrangements, it’s clear that this is a band best seen live…” The group is planning to release their first full-length CD in summer 2008.
Put on your dancing shoes and come fly with the Pleasure Pilots! |