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HALLOWEEN BLUES BASH @ STEFANO'S Concert & Dance Party with THE MIMI NOWAK PROJECT Quintet !
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 7pm come enjoy the warmth of the outdoor fireplace while you celebrate a Happy Halloween at the special HALLOWEEN BLUES BASH @ STEFANO'S event on the unique heated patio at Stefano's Trattoria, located at 3150 Route 22 West, Branchburg, NJ ( next to ShopRite).
Dance the night away to the award winning blues, jazz, funk and R&B sounds of THE MIMI NOWACK PROJECT Quintet. If you come in costume you can compete for Best Costume prizes!
The experience includes appetizers, a choice of dinner entrée, dessert & coffee. BYO is Welcome!
Mimi Nowak of the Mimi Nowak Project is small, tough as nails, and does not suffer fools gladly.
She's never one to mince words. We try to do things a little bit differentlywe aren't a standard 12 bar blues band. Which may be true, but the sound of the Mimi Nowak Project is solidly rooted uptown---where jazz, funk, and blues intersect and mingle to form a blend all their own. From a jazzy take on Ain't No Sunshine to a bouncy, delicious, Sweet Spot, the band is one worth coming to see.
Bassman Joey Van Winkle lays down one liquid, elastic, punchy bassline after anotherhis bass may as well be strung with thick rubber bands, and guitar player Steve Sadowski brings the funk on Married to The Blues and Prisoner of Love.
Bob Stasiak rolls the keys, with a vintage style soundhaving hung out with him before one short gig, we joked that he could make his rig sound like a 1970s Bar Mitzvah--the electric piano swirls of the Rhodes and the Wurly were right there and he makes great use of them. This is the kind of band that could rock
through Superstition without a blink, horns and all.
But Superstition would be a bit pedestrian for this crew; they were probably playing it as teenagers. This is a blues band that errs on the side of jazzy rhythm and blues and soulEartha Kitt, Koko Taylor--Mimi Nowak has a voice as smooth as a Sazerac cocktail with the same sting.
A band without a drummer is like a car without an engine, and Paul Levinsky lets the drums do the talking. Mimi gave him a couple of solos during a short set at the Colts Neck Inn in Colts Neck and he had the crowd hooting and hollering for morenot a pounding, power drummer like Bonham nor a math rocker in the vein of Neil Peart but with a technical sound and his own kind of rhythmic force.
Between the five of them, they draw from a sonic palette reminiscent of Little Feat or Albert King--7th chords and jazzy 9ths and minor 9ths abound, along with Mr. Sadowski's fiery solos, played, interestingly enough, on a Taylor solid body electric with mini-humbuckersa bit of a rare bird for a bit of an exotic player. Sadowski plays with a muscle that brings back Stevie Ray Vaughan, or the late, almost-forgotten Albert Collins. He drives the guitar like a rider drives a horse or a motorcycle, just pounding and powering through each note.
Space is limited. Get your tickets today!
Tickets are priced at $50 per person including delicious appetizers, a choice of dinner entrée, dessert & coffee. BYO is Welcome.
Advance tickets are available online at BrownPaperTickets.com (enter Halloween Blues Bash @ Stefano's for event search) or for reservations & more info call the SunRex Events box office at 908-301-1285.
Also, reservations can be made in person at Stefano's Trattoria or by calling 908-231-0010.
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LocationStefano's (View)
3150 Route 22
Branchburg, NJ 08876
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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