Postmodern Jukebox, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, PMJ Is an American jazz project created by American pianist and arranger Scott Bradley in 2011. Postmodern Jukebox are known for playing popular old and modern compositions in genres of the early 20th century, such as jazz or swing .
| Postmodern jukebox | |
|---|---|
| basic information | |
| Genres | Jazz swing |
| Years | 2011 - present |
| A country |  USA |
| City | New York |
| Where from | |
| Language of songs | English |
| Composition | Scott Bradley |
| www.postmodernjukebox.com | |
At the beginning of 2017, the team’s channel on YouTube has more than 745 million views and 4.1 million subscribers. The group made covers of songs by artists such as Lady Gaga , Katy Perry , The White Stripes , Radiohead , Celine Dion , Queen , Maroon 5 and others. The team tours a lot and actively uses viral video for its promotion.
Dozens of invited artists, both famous (including participants in the talent show Hayley Reinhart and Blake Lewis ), and little-known to the public, take part in the recordings and concerts of the collective.
History
Origins
The PMJ idea came about when Scott Bradley began recording music videos in his living room in New York with his close friends from college. [1]
It took Scott years before he released his first video in May 2009, which became popular: " a medley of '80s songs done ragtime style ." A few hours after the release of the video, the famous English writer Neil Gaiman tweeted about this, which marked the beginning of Scott's popularity [2] . Bradley himself later said this: “ I recorded the video, posted it there [on YouTube - approx.] , And soon more people watched it than they heard my game over the past life ” [3] .
In 2011, another Bradley project, the predecessor of the Postmodern Jukebox, Motown Tribute to Nickelback, appeared. Many performers already appear in this video, who will later take part in PMJ, such as bassist Adam Kubota, drummer Allan Mednard, saxophonist and producer Steve Ujfalussy and a man with a tambourine [4] , Tim Kubart .
2012 - Present
The first Postmodern Jukebox video was a cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ' Thrift Shop "recorded with Robin Adel Anderson. In the first week, the video collected 1 million views, in the first year 4 million. The track was included in the first EP album of the Introducing Postmodern Jukebox project (2013), which ranked eighth in the Billboard magazine's Jazz Album chart. The success was reinforced by the next cover of Miley Cyrus 's song “ We Can't Stop ” in 2013, which led the band to the Good Morning America program in September [5] .
Since 2013, many artists have joined the Postmodern Jukebox, among whom were well-known before joining the project, for example, participants in the American Idol show, Hayley Reinhart and Blake Lewis . In 2015, Haley Reinhart performed a debut cover with PMJ for the song “ Creep ”, which was a huge success.
At different times, Morgan James , Won Smith, Sarah Nimitz, Christina Gatti, Casey Abrams and others also joined the project.
Concerts
The team tours a lot around the world. For the first time, Postmodern Jukebox came to Russia with a concert on May 14, 2016, also in 2017 they gave two concerts: in St. Petersburg on February 28 and in Moscow on March 1.
Composition
Founder
- Scott Bradley - piano, accompaniment.
Guest Musicians
The following invited musicians participated in the project (incomplete list):
- Adam Kubota - bass, cello [2] .
- Allan Mednard - drums [2] .
- Dave Koz is a saxophone.
- Tim Kubart is a tambourine.
Invited Artists
Among the invited artists there are many participants in the American Idol music television show such as Blake Lewis, Hayley Reinhart, Casey Abrams, Jax and others.
Postmodern Jukebox uses step dance in some videos and performances, inviting professional artists.
Incomplete list of project participants:
- Blake Lewis - vocals.
- Morgan James - vocals.
- Robin Adele Anderson - vocals
- Hayley Reinhart - vocals.
- Kate Davis - vocals.
- Casey Abrams - vocals.
- Sarah Nimitz - vocals.
- Ebri Logan - vocals, trombone
- Vaughn Smith - vocals.
- Christina Gatti - vocals.
- Sarah Reich - step dance .
- Jax - vocals.
Notes
- ↑ Viral video sensation Postmodern Jukebox: Live on Staten Island , SILive.com . Date of treatment February 25, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Vintage gone viral: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox takes music back in time , NJ.com . Date of treatment February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Postmodern Jukebox: The Making of a Multi-Million View YouTube Music Channel . SonicScoop (January 8, 2015). Date of treatment February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Know Your PMJ Meme: Who is "Tambourine Guy?" - Postmodern Jukebox (English) , Postmodern Jukebox (December 21, 2015). Date of treatment February 25, 2017.
- ↑ America's Got Talent and Good Morning America! (Eng.) , David Wong . Date of treatment February 25, 2017.