Jive Deluxe is a high-energy Ten-Piece All Star SWING/JUMP-BLUES BAND from Nashville TN. This great live band is headed up by founder Steve Hess, a singer songwriter and dynamic keyboard player with considerable success in the Nashville Music community over the past 20 years.
For the past three years Jive Deluxe has been spending the majority of their time on the road, traveling the Highways & Byways of the country, playing Major Concert venues and Casino Showrooms in the USA, Canada and Europe, as well as touring Major Swing Clubs up & down the West Coast, the Las Vegas, Reno & Tahoe areas, and also throughout the Mid-West & Northeast corridors.
Jive Deluxe have been off the road all this summer working on new material, and they have now just completed recording the new CD for US & Canada release entitled MORE TAIL FIN THAT A '57 CHEVY. The CD, which is slated for release in the Spring of 07 was recorded in Nashville, Las Vegas and Los Angeles and features 14 tracks written by bandleader Steve Hess. Steve and the band’s own original version of Swing Music has its influences from Jump Blues, Traditional Swing, Big Band & Be-Bop, Rockabilly, true 50’s Rock & Roll and Southern Gospel.
In addition to lead vocals & keyboards from Steve Hess, Jive DeLuxe’s All Star live line-up includes Guitarist “Blue Lou” Bolognia, Bassist Charlie Harrison (ex Rod Stewart, Poco, Al Stewart) & Drummer Jimmy Gunn (ex Brooks & Dunn, Leon Russell, Edgar Winter) who form a kick ass authentic 50’s rhythm section, along with the band’s own Tenor Sax guru Ron “Big Daddy” Mondy, form the tightest, hardest working four piece horn section in the business and sizzling background vocals and dance moves from girl singers Samantha Gray & Dana Moore.
Working at Concerts, Big Swing Clubs & Major Showrooms, the band is playing a wide variety of their own unique & original Swing, Jump Blues, Rockin’ Big Band, Be Bop, Rockabilly and Good Old Rock n’ Roll music that provides something fun and exciting for everyone which is born out by the wild audience reactions everywhere they play and their live show just has to be seen to be believed.
Steve Hess and all the Guys & Gals in Jive Deluxe just love to play Music to a live audience and they invite anyone that sees the band going through your town, to beep their horns, shout, wave your hands frantically, stomp your feet, then follow the two Jive Deluxe Tour-Busses to the show for the TIME OF YOUR LIFE.