Akron/Canton based .. playing American Songbook and Jazz Classics. The Dreamtones perform songs written from the late 1920s through the late 1950s. Guitar, bass, and drums with female vocal and horn. The Dreamtones play the music of Ellington, Gershwin, and Mercer.We are available for weddings, private parties, and special occasions. BIOGRAPHY: Wyckliffe Howland was playing in small clubs in Wheeling WVA when he was fourteen years old. His guitar style and direction have changed over the years, ...
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Akron/Canton based .. playing American Songbook and Jazz Classics. The Dreamtones perform songs written from the late 1920s through the late 1950s. Guitar, bass, and drums with female vocal and horn. The Dreamtones play the music of Ellington, Gershwin, and Mercer.We are available for weddings, private parties, and special occasions. BIOGRAPHY: Wyckliffe Howland was playing in small clubs in Wheeling WVA when he was fourteen years old. His guitar style and direction have changed over the years, but his love of the music remains the same. An ardent fan of Johnny Smith and Barney Kessell, Wyck is the founder of the Dreamtones. Deborah Howland started on piano but has been playing the fretless bass for close to a decade. Like her husband,she is a relentless fan of the music of the Gershwins, Ellington, Johnny Mercer, and the swing/torch greats of yesteryear. Her philosophy comes from the Duke -"It don't mean a thing if it aint got the swing." Scott Shafer is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Music conservatory. He has been playing drums since age 7. Scott has had the pleasure of playing with some great artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Buck Fell and Roger Wade. He loves the Big Band sound and plays in the style of Dave Tough and Gene Krupa Stephanie Summers is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance. She also holds a Master of Music Education degree from the University of Akron . Stephanie has performed in musicals, operas, recitals, and choral ensembles throughout the years, and she is thrilled to finally have the opportunity to sing jazz standards with a band like the Dreamtones! Gordon first picked up a sax in 5th grade, and has been playing ever since. He's played in several bands in the Cleveland area for the past 15 years, in a variety of styles. While adept at playing blues, rock and R&B, his passion is jazz. His favorite composers include Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and favorite sax players are Hank Mobley, Stan Getz and Stanley Turrentine. When not playing with the Dreamtones, Gordon takes requests from his children, James and Jennifer (ages 3 and 4), and instruction from his wife Suzi.
