Artist description Unconventional instrumental quartet comprised of drums, bass, guitar and trumpet.  The Richmond-based twentysomethings claim to be the world's only practitioners of "bossa-fusion-groove" music.   Drawing from bossa nova, bebop, hip hop, spy soundtracks, and down-tempo techno-jazz beats, they perform their original material and arrangements with a distinctive mix of uptown groove and downtown grit.

Music Style bossa-fusion-groove

Musical Influences Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Cinematic Orchestra, Thelonious Monk,, A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Outkast,

Artist History The Switch was conceived in Farmville in May 2001 when Jack Shannon approached Nathan Goodwyn with a year’s worth of original music. .After Goodwyn heard Shannon's material, the two immediately entered the studio to polish some of the work, eventually passing it on to saxophonist Kent Gravely and stickman Adrian Allen. Thus, The Switch was born. When Kent announced his departure from the Switch in March of 2002 to pursue other musical avenues, the search for a replacement horn player took Goodwyn to Bogart's Back Room in Richmond to hear the Devil's Workshop Big Band, an 18-piece ensemble manned by some of the best young jazz players in Richmond. Goodwyn approached trumpeter Mark Ingraham with a demo of The Switch’s previous work, and Ingraham joined the band in April 2002, bringing formidable chops and distinct solo voice. Drummer Kelli Strawbridge rounded out the current lineup in August of 2002, replacing Allen, and bringing a new element of risk to the rhythm section. Having played with Ingraham in previous groups, he came on high recommendation and continues to push the group into uncharted territory.

Group Members Kelli Strawbridge (drums); Nathan Goodwyn (bass); Jack Shannon (guitar); Mark Ingraham (trumpet)

Instruments drums, bass, guitar, trumpet

Albums self-titled EP

Location Richmond, VA - USA

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