The band is planning a show next month at the Velvet Lounge to celebrate Cohn's return (tentatively scheduled for May 23), and they will also be playing in Kogan Plaza on May 3 at 6:00 pm with GW swing band King James and the Serfs of Swing.
"There are constantly cool new songs to work on, and as long as we keep pumping them out it won't get stale," ensures Charshee. Thankfully, it doesn't look like Hello Society's musical well will be drying up anytime soon, especially with Cohn's highly anticipated return looming only a few weeks away.
It seems that Hello Society has the right idea about what a band should be. They try to keep everyone on the edge of their often too-narrow comfort zone, while still supplying the audience with more musically complex ideas than they are accustomed to being exposed to. In doing this, Hello Society has embraced a Soulive-esque, mass-appealing, cross-generational sound that still avoids becoming the always dreaded "mainstream." Well-trained, well-versed, and well-intentioned, the members of Hello Society pride themselves on the ability to transcend musical boundaries.
"Everyone has their own idea, their own light bulb that goes off when you say 'jazz,'" says Brekher, "But most of the people in clubs are 'Bourgies' who are using jazz as a link to the past. We're just trying to be progressive. Jazz is always growing, like Miles in the '70s, and it's important to us to get jazz out of the jazz club."
"Yeah!" chimes in Charshee, "If you want to hear the old standards, go buy a Starbucks CD."
For more information on the band and to listen to samples, visit their myspace page at www.myspace.com/hellosociety and www.hellosociety.com.
"There are constantly cool new songs to work on, and as long as we keep pumping them out it won't get stale," ensures Charshee. Thankfully, it doesn't look like Hello Society's musical well will be drying up anytime soon, especially with Cohn's highly anticipated return looming only a few weeks away.
It seems that Hello Society has the right idea about what a band should be. They try to keep everyone on the edge of their often too-narrow comfort zone, while still supplying the audience with more musically complex ideas than they are accustomed to being exposed to. In doing this, Hello Society has embraced a Soulive-esque, mass-appealing, cross-generational sound that still avoids becoming the always dreaded "mainstream." Well-trained, well-versed, and well-intentioned, the members of Hello Society pride themselves on the ability to transcend musical boundaries.
"Everyone has their own idea, their own light bulb that goes off when you say 'jazz,'" says Brekher, "But most of the people in clubs are 'Bourgies' who are using jazz as a link to the past. We're just trying to be progressive. Jazz is always growing, like Miles in the '70s, and it's important to us to get jazz out of the jazz club."
"Yeah!" chimes in Charshee, "If you want to hear the old standards, go buy a Starbucks CD."
For more information on the band and to listen to samples, visit their myspace page at www.myspace.com/hellosociety and www.hellosociety.com.
