The Jazz Passengers are a jazz group founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and trombonist Curtis Fowlkes. Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... A trombonist (or tromboner) is a musician who plays the trombone. ...
Guitarist Marc Ribot is a former member of the group. David Fiuczynski has also played guitar with the group. Deborah Harry, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, and Mavis Staples have sung with them. Marc Ribot (born 1954) is an American guitarist, composer and occasional singer from Newark, New Jersey. ... Debbie Harry on the cover of her collection Most of All: Best Of Deborah Harry (born July 1, 1945) is a Miami-born American rock and roll musician who originally gained fame as the frontwoman for New Wave band Blondie, which originated in the late 1970s and achieved commercial success... Jeff Buckley Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), was an American singer-songwriter. ... Little Jimmy Scott (July 17, 1925 in Cleveland) is an American jazz vocalist. ...
Similarly, Deborah Harry made a radical departure from the type of pop-rock she was known for when, in the mid-'90s, she became the lead singer for an avant-garde jazz outfit known as the JazzPassengers.
Recorded live at Spain's Victoria Jazz Festival in 1997, this CD proves that the former lead singer of Blondie was definitely up for the challenge.
For Harry, making the transition from "In the Sun" and "Hanging on the Telephone" to the Passengers is comparable to an actress who'd made her mark in romantic comedies getting into film noir, or basketball icon Michael Jordan trying his hand at baseball.
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