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Lesley ByersJazz and Dance Venues

The following is a partial list of jazz clubs and dance venues we've been grateful to work with. Are you looking for the list of corporate clients or the list of non-corporate clients we've performed for?

Anthony's Jazz Club, Elgin, IL
Astor's Beechwood Mansion, Newport, RI
Bohemian Hall, Cleveland, OH
Bungalow Lounge, Chicago
Cafe Brauer, Chicago
Casa Loma Ballroom, St. Louis, MO
Chevy Chase Ballroom, Washington, DC
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago
Club Cache, NY, NY
Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI
Daley Plaza, Chicago
Dubuque SwingFest, Dubuque, IA
Edgewood Club, Pittsburgh, PA
Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester, NY
Grant Park, Chicago
Green Dolphin Street, Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Irving Plaza, NY, NY
Ithaca Festival, Ithaca, NY
Jazz at Five, Madison, WI
John Hancock Building, Chicago
Kemper Auditorium, Kenosha, WI
Logan Square/Boulevard Swing Club, Chicago
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Michael's Jazz Bistro, Glen Ellyn, IL
Navy Pier, Chicago
Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL
Pops for Champagne, Chicago
Pops Highwood, Highwood, IL
Port Jazz, Long Island, NY
Swing City, Boston, MA
Tapestry Club, Minneapolis, MN
The Bar, Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI
The Derby, Los Angeles, CA
The Pump Room, Chicago
The Velvet Lounge, Chicago
The Barn, Smithtown Long Island, NY
The River Club, Columbus, OH
Tokio Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA
United Center, Chicago
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Ohio, Columbus, OH
Willie McBride's. Hoboken, NJ

  

Performance Highlights

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East Coast Tour 2005

Various dates and locations
2005

We headed out for our semi-annual tour through the east coast, just to find ourselves in the middle of dancing fans (which was welcome) and spreading the flu around to each other (which wasn't welcome).

Our first show with dancers at the Foundatin Square Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana (February 2005)

Jazzin' it up at Fountain Square before the SARS hit!

Fountain Square

New York pianist Steve Einerson joined us for this tour. "Steve...I am so loving you right now!"

Taku Akiyama blows through the pain! Yeah, he was the one who gave us the flu!

The flu really kicked our butts but the show must go on. Here Brian blows his nose while keeping the beat. Ugh!

Steve preparing for the show—I'm not kidding, that flu was awful!!!

But we never lost our sense of humor!

When we got to Pittsburgh, Taku and Brian were too sick to play. Luckily, our friend, Paul Costino, from the Boilermaker Jazz Band, came to the rescue...and brought his drummer. Thanks, guys! It was a blast!

Pittsbugh's Paul Costino plays his stick!! This ain't your daddy's clarinet!

Jake really feeling the low end!

D.C. dancers! It just got more and more crazy! Can you say "stalkers"? Love ya!