The Wolverine Jazz Band

The Wolverines can adapt to many situations - either as a clarinet/piano duo or incrementally up to the full septet (trumpet, trombone, clarinet/sax, piano, banjo, tuba and drums, with several members singing as well). We can present a range of music from low key background through high energy jazz for a concert or party setting and also supply dancing styles from the Charleston through the Big Band foxtrot. For more general functions we can play waltzes, Latin selections and even some ragtime.

Since 1995 the Wolverine Jazz Band has been entertaining lovers of Traditional Jazz and Dixieland all over Boston and New England. The Wolverine Jazz Band is considered by many to be among the finest purveyors of Vintage Jazz on the East Coast. They also have a national following, having performed at numerous Jazz festivals across the country - Phoenix, Seattle, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Wisconsin, and others. Their annual concert, as the featured Jazz Artists at the prestigious Bar Harbor Music Festival, has played to packed houses for over 25 years.
The leader is John Clark, who has been a fixture on the New England Jazz scene for many years. He has played professionally in the Boston area with numerous traditional jazz and big bands, including the Happy Feet Dance Orchestra, Commonwealth Jazz, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, and the Paramount Jazz Band of Boston. Clark also regularly appears with Dave Whitney and His Orchestra, the Swing Legacy, the High Society Orchestra, Dan Gabel's Abeltones and the Mood Elevators, among others. John is an acknowledged authority on the history of jazz and has recorded extensively. He also holds a PhD. in Musicology and has published books and articles on the foundations of Early Jazz.

We pride ourselves on being largely acoustic and self sufficient. When a sound system is needed we can supply it - from a small unit for restaurants (mainly for vocals and announcements) to a large system capable of filling a town green on a summer night.