Come out to Suzette’s to see this riveting duo perform favorites from the hot jazz club era of Paris, into 20s–40s blues and even a few hits from musical theatre and film!
The Shy Shēks 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 Shēks 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! You can watch them play a note for note transcription of Ruth Etting and Eddie Lang's "Without That Man!" featured in the Vitaphone Short "A Regular Trouper".
Friday Nights concerts are located in the Garden Patio
2023/08/11 - 2023/09/15
Suzette's Creperie
221 W. Front Street, Wheaton, IL 60187