The Candy Jacket Jazz Band's debut album is a nod to the past while also pressing forward with fresh, original compositions. Los Angeles based drummer, Josh Collazo, has been playing in "traditional" jazz and swing bands since he was 18 years old. Over the last 20 years of performing with various bands like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Jonathan Stout & his Campus Five, the Carl Sonny Leyland Trio, and Dave Stuckey & the Hot House Gang - a chord struck inside him to begin composing new, original "classic" jazz and swing music. He enlisted long-time musical companion, Albert Alva, to begin wading through the pile of songs and co-arrange the album. This album was created with the Lindy Hop & Balboa dance community in mind by making sure to keep the songs shorter in length like they were back in the 1930's & 1940's. The Candy Jacket Jazz Band is comprised of some of the finest traditional jazz musicians in the Los Angeles area (Members listed on album cover are members in the band): Albert Alva (tenor sax) Nate Ketner (clarinet/alto sax) Bryan Shaw (trumpet) Dan Weinstein (trombone) Chris Dawson (piano) Seth Ford-Young (upright bass) Jonathan Stout (guitar) Corey Gemme (cornet) Josh Collazo - (drums)