The Shy Sheks

The Shy Sheks name comes from a silent film from 1925 called “The Lady Of The Night,” featuring Norma Shearer. A character in the film says she has to leave to entertain some “shy sheiks from Cheyenne”. The term Sheik was a popular term in the 1920s that meant that someone was fashionable.
The Shy Sheks Jazz Duo, Nicolas and Cassondra Ruiz, playfully saunter through a few of our favorite musical genres. Traditional jazz, which celebrates the nation’s finest improvisers from the 1920s and 30s, is one of their top selections. They do quite a few tunes by Josephine Baker, Oscar Aleman, Maurice Chevalier and, of course, Django Reinhardt!