Emily Day & Cosmo Alleycats

The refreshingly old-fashioned Cosmo Alleycats present Old Sweet Songs, a show celebrating enduring melodies, a bygone style of songwriting, and original songs that contend for placement in the Great American Canon. The group, Led by jazz vocalist Emily Day, one of the major singers in her field (Scott Yanow), endears audiences with their inviting musicality and playful improvisation, making quick converts of the jazz-curious, while still nodding to the serious aficionados. Cosmo Alleycats have been a favorite of the San Francisco music scene since the bands 2010 beginning, bringing to the stage a potent mix of swing and vintage music with a dynamic, soulful delivery. Led by vocalist Emily Day (one of the major singers in her field Scott Yanow), Cosmo Alleycats draws from several decades of exhilarating American music, along with inspired originals, to deliver a fun and engaging performance.With sixteen years experience performing together, Cosmo Alleycats is a well-oiled machine. But however polished their performance may be, its the sense of playfulness in... Read more .