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Thursday, June 21,2007
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Dinner (3-course wine pairing) 7:00 pm
Fashion Show 9:00 pm

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Josh Levy, in a hat, is second from the right.

Swing Time!

Limited Seating
RSVP by June 15, 2007
Cocktail Attire
Trunk Show Scheduled for June 22-24
11 am-4 pm by appointment only

Josh Levy - doing that "voodoo"

that he does so well.

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

Ann Arbor

B

ig Bad Voodoo Daddy, a
swing band performing on
the Mainstage of the Ann
Arbor Summer Festival, moves for-
ward with some rhythms and styles
rooted in the past.
The band introduces new songs
with an appearance 8 p.m. Thursday,
June 21, at the Power Center in Ann
Arbor, where the songs will be tried
before any are singled out for the
group's upcoming, still unnamed CD.
"We're influenced by the swing
movement of the '20s, '30s and '40s,
all the way up to the '60s, but we're not
a historical band offering traditional
swing," says Jewish pianist-arranger
Josh Levy, 35. "We write our own music,
and we're influenced by so many other
styles, including jazz and rock 'n' roll.
"One of the new, up-tempo songs is
`5-10-15 Times I Love You. This is kind
of in the Count Basie style. We normal-
ly play more medium-tempo tunes!"
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, launched
by singer-songwriter-leader Scotty
Morris, is one of the early acts in
the ticketed festival, running June
15-July 8. Mainstage entertainers
include Capitol Steps, 7 Fingers Circus,
Mountain Stage Radio Show with
headliner Jeff Daniels, Lyle Lovett with
k.d. lang, Cuban trumpeter Arturo
Sandoval and Hell's Kitchen Dance
with Baryshnikov, among others.
Free shows with many local per-
formers and vintage films are offered
at Ingalls Mall during the same dates.
Levy, who has been with Big Bad
Voodoo Daddy for performances with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,

joined the group in 1996. He was invit-
ed by the band's trumpet player, Glen
Marhevka, a friend he met during a
session of summer music camp.
"There are seven core members of
the band, and we tour with two addi-
tional musicians, horn players',' explains
Levy. "That makes a total of five horn
players on stage. Of course, when we
do concerts with symphony orchestras,
that's adding 70 people into the mix."
Levy, who started playing the cello
when he was 5, soon switched to
piano. He took a cue from his father,
an amateur pianist who played at
hotels in the Catskills.
"I played all through high school
with jazz bands and studied jazz at the
University of Southern California',' Levy
recalls about the development of his
career. "After school, I toured with dif-
ferent groups and played shows in Los
Angeles. I was fortunate enough to join
this band just two years out of college'
The band does about 150 concerts
per year, including many festivals
similar to the one in Ann Arbor.
Travel away from home has become
somewhat harder for Levy with the
birth of son Julian seven months ago.
"We're looking forward to playing
with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in
August:' Levy says. "That's one of the
pinnacle performance opportunities
for Los Angeles musicians." Li

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival
runs June 15-July 8 at different
venues and with a range of pric-
es. Tickets for Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy are $28-$46, with some
dance floor seats. For a complete
festival schedule, go to www.
annarborsummerfestival.org or
call (734) 994-5999.

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