Chaise Lounge performs a blend of music that sounds like it was recorded at Capitol Recording Studios in 1962 and somehow found its way to today’s pop charts. You might call it “Early Stereo.” Or perhaps Lounge with a capital “L.” Or maybe just plain enjoyable. It is the combination of five of the Washington area’s top jazz musicians playing sparkling arrangements of standards and original tunes and featuring the soft, luminous vocals of Marilyn Older. Her voice is truly an American Original. An evening spent with her is an evening spent in the warm, inviting glow of the one of the wonderful voices singing in America right now.

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We are completing our 3rd album (title and release date TBA) as well as a LIVE CD of our concert with The Capital City Orchestra on March 21st, Symphony Lounge. Chaise Lounge was mentioned in a local issue of The DCist which we thought was pretty cool, and a version of our song “I Don't Want to” will be used in the promotional spots for a new PBS show called My Generation. Looks like we we also be making our debut at the The Barns at Wolftrap in the fall so stay tuned for more!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
8pm and 10pm
Tickets $25

Chaise Lounge in the Big Apple! On July 6th, Chaise Lounge will be playing at the Iridium in New York City.

Iridium
1650 Broadway (51st. St.)
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212.582.2121 for Info and Phone Reservations

On January 31, 2010, Chaise Lounge performed on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. You can watch the whole show at the Kennedy Center website.

November 23, 2009

Charlie,

We had so many favorable comments about Chaise Lounge’s performance [at the Charleston Jazz Series on November 21, 2009]. What a fun group of musicians! Until the next time...

Claudette Hudson
President
Tgraphics, LLC [Charleston Jazz Series]

November 19, 2009

Listen to an interview with Chaise Lounge on the Eclectopia Blog at the West Virginia Public Broadcasting website.

Nov/Dec 2009

Second Hand Smoke CD Review

True to this group’s name, the material on their second CD fits better in a category sometimes described as lounge music than it fits into jazz. Of course, lounge music never would have existed were it not for jazz, but lounge music does what it does through calculation, whereas jazz, even when it is cool jazz, relies on spontaneity. There’s little evidence of an improvisatory spirit at work on “Second Hand Smoke.” That’s not a criticism at all—merely my attempt not to mislead Fanfare’s readers.

Read the rest on the Press page.

November 2009

On Tap writes an article about Charlie Barnett and Chaise Lounge. Read it online or download the pdf.

Here is a playlist of videos from a 2009 performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

I’ve been listening a lot to James Hunter, and it feels like every time I write, or even hum something, it comes out with that old-school Sam Cooke feel. The same one that James Hunter uses on his best tunes. We premiered this song at the Atlas Theater. I played acoustic guitar and John played cornet. Marilyn of course sang beautifully. This is just a rough mix of the studio version, but I thought it would be nice for you to hear a song “in progress.”