Artist description Quinn Lemley's COCKTAILS WITH A TWIST is a sultry Latin and swing/Lounge recording reminicent of the glamour big band years with a contemporary twist. Quinn Lemley: COCKTAILS WITH A TWIST features sexy standards such as The Man I Love, Tenderly and C'est Si Bon, to band leader, Bob McDowell's sensual and fun originals, DESTINATION: SUNRISE, JAVA JOE and QUANDO BAILAR.

Music Style Lounge, Latin and Swing. Female vocals, standards and originals

Musical Influences Romantic, sultry, sexy and fun. Torch and dance.

Similar Artists Diane Kroll, Ann Margret, Julie London.

Artist History This New York City Latin and Swing show band has been performing around New York and internationally for the past three years. They started out as regulars at Nell's in Manhattan, play currently at Wilson's, Lola's and Tavern on the Green. Quinn Lemley and arranger Bob McDowell are currently in the studio recording DANCE OR DIE, a hot new swing dance cd featuring McDowell's original tunes capitalizing on Miss Lemley's sexy sense of fun and sultry delivery. DANCE OR DIE, like COCKTAILS WITH A TWIST is on Hepcat Records.

Group Members Quinn Lemley - vocals Bob McDowell - piano, arrangements and compositions. Lee Jeffreys - drums Jim Donica - bass Byron Issacs - bass Raphael Ruiz - percussion Ed Zad - guitar Brad Dietrich - trumpet Kim Bosanti - trumpet Marc McDonald - alto sax John Isley - tenor sax Chris Washburne - trombone

Instruments piano, bass, drums, trumpet, tenor and alto sax and trombone

Albums Quinn Lemley: SIRENS OF THE SILVER SCREEN on Hepcat Records; COCKTAIILS WITH A TWIST on Hepcat Records; currently mixing THE HEAT IS ON! the music of Rita Hayworth; and DANCE OR DIE!, a crime jazz swing dance cd- out in May.

Press Reviews "Va-va-va-voom! Quinn Lemley has reinvented siren seduction and brought it to the level of an art form. And, like a cat on a hot tin roof, she sizzles with her brand of sexy Retropop, reviving Latin and Swing Martini Music in this collection of standrds and original music arranged and/or composed by Bob McDowell. It's exciting, romantic and brimming with provocative appeal by one of today's brightest and fastest rising singers on the swing scene. This sexy vamp sparkles like the finest French champagne on this sophisticated album. Starting with the first cut, a sexy "C'est Si Bon" and suntering into the alluring "An Occasional Man", Lemley emotes a saucy, pulsing fluency with each song on the disc. In short, she's terrific, and the CD is irresistably catchy. She manages to bring a lurking poignancy to "You Don't Know What Love Is", that is compelling. COCKTAILS WITH A TWIST is a fusion of sizzling Latin and Swing music from the 50's and 60's. Performed with classy evocative and pithy flashes from the past, the album pulls the listener in magically with allthe right ingredients to create a definitive retro nightclub ambiance. Quinn Lemley is one of today's most exciting performers currently on the nightclub scene." - John Hoglund, BACKSTAGE.

Location New York, New York - USA

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