CHRIS SIX
Veteran musician and journalist. Armchair music opinionator.
​My goal, using music and words, is to bring jazz to new and wider audiences.
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WITH THE SWING FEVER DANCE BAND
BIO
​I've been involved with big bands, jazz and dance bands for more than 30 years in central and southeastern Pennsylvania, the Washington DC metro region, the four-state area of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, and now I make my home in Williamsburg, Virginia.

A multi-instrumentalist, I have also performed in symphonic bands, brass quintets, orchestras, pit orchestras and choirs.

I'm open to all opportunities and genres of music, and happy playing any book in a section.
​Instruments: Trombone, trumpet, vocals, valve trombone, superbone, flugelhorn, mellophone and euphonium.
​Interests/Experience: Big Band, Dance Band, Lab Band, Small Group Jazz, Swing, Trad/Hot Jazz, Western Swing, Great American Songbook, Barbershop, Harmony Groups, Rock, R&B, Soul, Funk, Country, Eclectic, Symphonic Bands, Orchestras, Pit Orchestra
SELECTED VENUES AND EVENTS: 
  • Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, PA
  • Long’s Park, Lancaster, PA
  • Pat Garrett Amphitheater, Strausstown, PA
  • Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend, Reading, PA
  • Olympian Ballroom, West Reading, PA
  • SS John Brown/Project Liberty Ship
  • MS Sovereign of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
  • Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
  • Blues Alley, Washington, DC
  • Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD
  • Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Washington, DC
  • George Washington Hotel, Winchester, VA
  • National World War II Reunion on the Mall, May 27-30, 2004
  • Apollo Civic Theatre, Martinsburg, WV
  • The Old Opera House, Charles Town, WV
  • Williamsburg Regional Library Dewey Decibel Concert Series, Williamsburg, VA

Jazz Ensembles:
  • Sound Advice Big Band – Trumpet, Trombone and co-director
  • Swing Fever Dance Band – Trumpet, Trombone and Vocals
  • The Let’s Dance Orchestra – Trumpet and Trombone
  • The Brooks Tegler Big Band – Trumpet, Trombone and Vocals
  • For Dancers Only – Trombone
  • Swingin' Harmony - Trombone
  • Yesterday Swing Orchestra - Trombone
  • The Jordan English Jazz Orchestra – Trombone
  • The Ford's Colony Dance Band - Trombone

​Recordings: 
  • Swing Fever Dance Band
    ​Something to Swing About: 20 Years of Swing Fever