THE HI-STAKES

4 March 2023 at Al Vapore - Marghera - Venezia - Italy
Sam Ghezzi : voice and saxophone
Linus Eppinger : guitar
Frank Groenendijk : saxophone
Cesar Puente : double bass
Joe Korach : drums
The Hi-Stakes is a quintet of international musicians based in Amsterdam. The band makes the audience dance with Louis Jordan-inspired Rhythm and Blues, dream with the sweet and sincere sound of Blues Ballads following in the wake of Percy Mayfield and scream with Jazz-Blues similar to early Ray Charles. Original songs, full of irony and passion, played with authenticity across the vast multiplicity of musical genres present in the 1950s and 1960s, from lyrical blues ballads to explosive rhythm 'n' blues; in other words, their repertoire (entirely original) encompasses everything between the blues and jazz worlds. One of the aspects that sets them apart is the writing of lyrics in a modern key, revisiting the values of the 1950s. Their motto could be translated as "Yes to vintage style, no to vintage values".
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