Swing That Cat is a sonic cocktail:
Take Jump Jive
Swizzle in some Horny Swing
Add a dash of Cabaret
and a splash of Bourbon Street

Born in 2010, The Speakeasies Swing Band! have been touring in Greece & in festivals abroad like the DIGA DIGA DOO festival in Bangkok, Thailand, Royal Jazz Fest in Bahrain, Hep Cat’s Holiday in Great Britain, Copenhagen Lindy Exchange in Denmark, Bansko International Jazz Festival in Bulgaria, Summer Jamboree in Italy and many more.
They shared the stage with famous artists such as Parov Stelar, Ray Collins, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
Among all, they’ve performed to special events, such as Hollywood’s star Jessica Chastain’s beautiful wedding.

In 2012 they released their first album “Bathtub Gin”, alongside with the music videos “Bright Lights Late Nights”, and the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) award winning “Black Swamp Village”.

In 2015 they are back with “Land of Plenty”, an album consisting of 10 songs in Swing, Jazz, Blues and Dixieland.

In 2017 they participated in Athens & Epidaurus Festival with the theatrical performance “Homesickness Blues”.

Front woman of Toots & Kin
Front woman of Astraea
musician/composer/vocalist

Jessica blends her folk-rock style and classical training to create haunting, soulful songs. Her “evocative, lush, exquisite vocals, accompanied by elegant and impressive guitar playing” create a “meditative backdrop” on her CD. Jessica has performed live on Graffiti Radio, Hometown Heroes, at the Brandywine Festival of the Arts and at the Dewey Beach, Bordentown and Ladybug Festivals. She showcased at the 7th Annual Singer-Songwriter Cape May in March 2014, opening for Melissa Ferrick. Nominated for five 2013 WSTW Hometown Hero Homey Awards, Jessica was a 2013 Philadelphia Folk Factory contest winner and a 2012 Delmarva Folk Hero contest finalist. Her song, "Wait by the Water" is featured in the 2013 independent film, "Yes, Your Tide is Cold and Dark, Sir."

Some of the favorite places Jessica has played: World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, Wilmington),  The Pickled Herring (Northeast, MD), The Bellefonte Cafe (Bellefonte, DE) The Twisted Tail, (Philadelphia), Congress Hall (Cape May, NJ), The Bus Stop Music Cafe (Pitman, NJ), Cromwell's (Wilmington), Melalani Cafe (Ventnor, NJ) and Jersey Java (Haddonfield, NJ).

Jessica is a member of ASCAP, NATS and holds at BA (music) from Barnard College, Columbia University, NYC and a MM (vocal performance) from Washington University, St. Louis. 


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