Tonight Boston Swing Central is excited to debut yet another new band from Brooklyn: Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess.

We’ve been asking our friends in other Brooklyn bands what other bands we should check out and several of them said, “Jessy Carolina!” And right after that Jessy contacted us about booking her band and she really needed this particular date to round out a short tour. So there, you have it…she is coming to Boston Swing Central and we couldn’t be more excited, as what we’ve heard on the web and from friends…well, this band is surely going to become a new favorite. We know there’s a lot going on this summer and tonight in particular…BUT, if you’re lucky enough to be around and feeling up for dancing, Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess is going to be a great hot mess, check ’em out here:

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

When we were kids, many of us saw Disney’s Jungle Book and our eyes lit up when King Louie started singing and swinging! Little did we know that years later, we’d be swinging too! Perhaps he subliminally planted the idea in our developing brains…bare necessities indeed!

Tonight our guest DJs will take over the helm at Boston Swing Central and deliver us some high energy swing music.

Lesson: 8pm-9pm (included with admission)
Dancing: 9pm to 12 midnight
Admission: $10 (general), $8 (students and seniors with valid ID)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

We’re happy to welcome back Sweet & Low Down to the BSC.  They haven’t played for us in awhile.  The Sweet & Low Down are a side project of Miss Tess, which features Miss Tess and co-vocalist Rachel Price. And they’ve been in demand with their other projects, so we haven’t been able to book them.  But we’re pretty persistent about asking them to play and they’ve finally been able to make their schedules work.  They have a strong local following and used to live here and where they reguarly played at many prominent Boston Venues, including the Beehive, Precinct, and Toad.

This is Rachel with her other band, Lake Street Dive, and they too are so great…this is WHY you don’t want to miss Rachel anytime she sings!

You can check out some of their music here: http://www.myspace.com/thesweetandlowdownmusic.  We are really excited to have them and hope you’ll come on out and see why!  Check them out here:

Lesson: 8pm-9pm (included with admission)
Dancing: 9pm to 12 midnight
Admission: $15 (general), $13 (students and seniors with valid ID)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Who is Professor Cunningham? And what possibly is he going to lecture about? Well considering Professor Cunningham is better known as Adrian Cunningham and can often be seen moonlighting as super saxophone/clarinet player with Gordon Webster, Baby Soda and many others….you can probably guess, that he’s going to present a treatise on Trad Jazz…Brooklyn-style (and by treatise, we mean he’s going to play his heart out for us with his awesome band). Here’s the Professor playing with Baby Soda…

And here, our Australian Professor can be seen with the Big 72, playing Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me…

So get ready for a great seminar of red hot trad jazz!

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Boston Swing Central is happy to have The Rusty Scott Quartet back. It’s been a while since we last danced to Rusty Scott. And this time he’s bringing with him guest saxophonist, Ted Casher. (Ted is quite familiar with the Whistle Stop having played at our dance many times in the past year with Phil McGowan and many other bands).

Rusty is a soulful and groovy pianist who has been a fixture on the Boston jazz scene for some time and has played for us on several occasions. Check out his versions of Night Train and Tuxedo Junction. His playing reminds us of a little bit of Jimmy Smith and Gene Harris combined.

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:30am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129