“Hot can be cool, and cool can be hot, and each can be both. But hot or cool, man, jazz is jazz.”

-Louis Armstrong

"Hot, Live music to make your occasion truly special!"

(photo taken on the Johnson Street Footbridge in the beautiful King William District of San Antonio)

Mike Pittsley, trombone; David Jellema, cornet & clarinet; Ed Torres, drums; Mark Hess, piano

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The Mission City Hot Rhythm Cats specialize in early, classic jazz, exemplified by many of the well-known masters such as Louis Armstrong, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Teagarden, Bix Beiderbecke and Joe "King" Oliver.  We also include a good helping of Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern, along with many other composers of timeless standards.

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