The Faultline Syncopators

Phil Alvin's latest project is one that he feels will consume a part of him at all times for the rest of his life. It is bringing into prominence Hot Jazz. This two-beat music, as he calls it can be heard on Phil's solo album, County Fair 2000. Phil has assembled a talent filled band called the Faultline Syncopators which have been charting music and playing gigs at "The Derby" in L.A. The band includes Bob Ringwald, the famous Jazz pianist. Phil Alvin holds him in high regard: "There is a very large traditional Jazz festival that occurs in Sacramento each year and Bob Ringwald was one of the guys instrumental, he has a band called The Great Pacific Jazz Band and for 20 years has carried on the tradition of, some of the last two beat Jazz players." Virtuouso clarinetist John Bembridge, who formed the Jack Teagarden Band and was also an arranger/musician in Doc Severson's Tonight Show Orchestra is a Syncopator player as is the other half of the Blasters Alvin/Intveld songwriting team, James Intveld on lead guitar. James is also playing wooden bass and sharing vocals with Phil Alvin. The Faultline Syncopators are more than just an outlet for Jazz music, it is a platform for introducing to young musicians, the elements of an American music that risks falling past arms length of the next generation.
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