Feature Band — San Lyon is a Los Angeles-based Swing Jazz Quartet. Their music is a mix of early 20th century Parisian Gypsy Swing and American Jazz standards as well as original vintage inspired songs. The band’s colorful repertoire of French and English jazz has built an audience among many swing dance communities. They have performed at numerous clubs, private events, house concerts, and festivals like Jazz Bash by the Bay in Monterey, Hot Jazz Jubilee in Sacramento, the Django Birthday Festival in Berkeley, and the Dixieland Sounds of Mardi Gras in Fresno. With five albums under their belt, including a Christmas record, the Quartet just released a new album with twelve original songs titled “San Lyon and Friends.”

Members of the quartet are Paige Herschell from San Antonio, Texas, on vocals, melodica, kazoo and snare drum, Katie Cavera from Evansville, Indiana on bass, banjo, guitar and vocals, Jenna Colombet from Lyon, France on violin, bass, snare drum and French vocals, and Dani Vargas from Santiago, Chile on guitar and vocals.