The Faultline Syncopators
Phil Alvin's latest project is one that he feels will consume a part of him
at all times for the rest of his life. It is bringing into prominence Hot
Jazz. This two-beat music, as he calls it can be heard on Phil's solo
album, County Fair 2000.
Phil has assembled a talent filled band
called the Faultline Syncopators which have been charting music and playing
gigs at "The Derby" in L.A. The band includes Bob Ringwald, the famous Jazz
pianist. Phil Alvin holds him in high regard: "There is a very large
traditional Jazz festival that occurs in Sacramento each year and Bob
Ringwald was one of the guys instrumental, he has a band called The Great
Pacific Jazz Band and for 20 years has carried on the tradition of, some of
the last two beat Jazz players." Virtuouso clarinetist John Bembridge, who
formed the Jack Teagarden Band and was also an arranger/musician in Doc
Severson's Tonight Show Orchestra is a Syncopator player as is the other half
of the Blasters Alvin/Intveld songwriting team, James Intveld on lead guitar.
James is also playing wooden bass and sharing vocals with Phil Alvin. The
Faultline Syncopators are more than just an outlet for Jazz music, it is a
platform for introducing to young musicians, the elements of an American
music that risks falling past arms length of the next generation.
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