New Single: Cancer Free! Feat. Justin Taylor and Allen Jones

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Cancer Free is now available on all streaming outlets, including YouTube. This song features Justin Taylor on organ and Allen Jones on drums was recorded live in 2017 at Upfront Audio in Fairfax. The song is about my experience getting tested for cancer and then finding out about negative results. Its designed to be the type of swing you can dance to and is written based off the chords to Bye Bye Blackbird. This was recorded by my Firebird Organ…

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The Stories Behind the Songs: Gunn’s Ablazin’ (August 2019 Release)

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Shannon Gunn will release her sixth album as a leader, and second album as a solo artist on Sunday, August 4th. The album, which tells a story and celebrates her writing, will feature two ensembles, recorded on two separate dates at BIAS studios by Brian Rivera (mixed, mastered, and produced by Shannon Gunn): Firebird Organ Trio featuring Hope Udobi on Keys and Kelton Norris on DrumsShannon Gunn Quintet featuring Chris Barrick on vibes, Garret Gleason on guitar, Mikel Combs on…

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Bullettes to Perform September 20th At Castleton

This is a cross posting to my other blog for my all-woman big band, Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes. The Bullettes are busy this month!    We hope you can join us this coming Sunday, September 20th, to kick off the Castleton in Performance series at the Castleton Theatre! This is a very prestigious event and we are extremely excited to perform there.    At Castleton, the theme is to encourage young people in jazz. We will feature Caeley Niess…

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Bullettes Little Big Band to Perform March 13 at Westminster!

Many thanks to Amy Bormet for having us back again for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! I love this particular time of year because we get to see so many fantastic and talented women come out to perform. Amy has really built the WWJF into an amazing and high quality festival that everyone is still talking about throughout the year. I'm very thankful to get to play for the amazing audience at Westminster Church, one of the best venues…

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Bullettes Septet at the Carlyle Club wsg Danielle Wertz May 20th!

Sorry for the cross posting, but I wanted to update my website to include an upcoming Bullettes gig with my all-female jazz band. We are playing at the Carlyle Club on Tuesday, May 20th, with a special vocal guest on summer break  - Danielle Wertz! Two years ago, Danielle won the Washington Women in Jazz Festival Young Artist Competition and we are happy to have her back with us with our Septet. We'll be singing old songs and playing a…

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Two shows this week!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we'll be playing two times this week- Tuesday night, April 22nd, is at the Carlyle Club for a swing dance with the whole big band, and Thursday night, April 24th, we'll be playing as a quintet at Twins for a tribute to JJ Johnson.  So come on out, celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and join us for good jazz and swing! Here are the details: Tuesday - April 22nd - 2014 Carlyle Club Swing Dance with Gotta Swing 411…

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JazzCast Ep2: Interview with Billy Wolfe

***UPDATED! I added new songs by Billy Wolfe and leveled out the volumes a bit.*** Finally got this up! A little late, unfortunately. But the music is good, so here it is. I hope you enjoy this second episode of the JazzCast which includes an interview with saxophonist Billy Wolfe. Billy plays saxophone(s) in the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra as well as teaches private lessons and puts concerts together for his band, "Billy Wolfe and the Composer's TetraDectet." He pulls…

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