flamingo jazz

Flamingo delivers jazz like Doordash in Salt Lake City. Delivered to your door by a suave, rosy jazz cat. 

Down the stairs, past the velvet, and under the pine girders, grab a bevy and situate on one of a mashup of homey furnishings. Horns, keys, drums, and bass that echo Dixieland. A vocalist that holds the audience captive.

The six-piece jazz group Flamingo, based in Salt Lake City, Utah plays craft covers of Django Reindhardt, Frank Sinatra, and tunes like Corrina Corrina, a widely covered song most recently covered by Flamingo. Jubilant, hopping New Orleans influences, and smoky slow swagger cultivates emotion across tempos and well dispersed solos. Flamingo has a vibe so transparent it could make a daytime park feel like a dingy late-night jazz club. 

Regardless of your experience there’s likely to be a familiar song you'll hear from Flamingo. A Sinatra serenade reminiscent of oldies radio stations, or fresh well-composed takes on gypsy Django Reindhart. Even without the music, the immersive crowd pleasing antics would be successful comedy. They communicate, make faces, talk back to the crowd, and get smiles as much as swing dancers. Flamingo embodies a sense of professionalism while wearing their own shade of hot pink. 

The music is appropriate for after hours listening at the club, in the work sesh, or on the skis, generally good music to shred life with class. It’s a set suitable for dress twirling swing steps, late night business meetings or an afternoon charcuterie. Their first all original album Pink Paradise comes out May 22, 26. Find Flamingo here.

As of this writing, Flamingo plays regularly on Wednesdays at the Lake Effect located between Soundwell and J.Wongs Bistro in downtown Salt Lake City. The bar is comfortable, organized, and has enough funky style that it could be a standalone gallery. If you see Flamingo live, be sure to fill the hole in their bucket with a tip, you’ll win a prize, darn the song composition.