Notable Venues and Festivals

Europe: Asia and Oceania: The Americas:

• Edinburgh Jazz Festival • Yokohama Jazz Promenade, Japan • The Iridium - New York City

• Leeds Jazz Festival • Jarasum Jazz Festival, S. Korea • Festival de Jazz de Montreal

• Pizza Express - London • Bangkok International Festival of Music • Rochester Int. Jazz Festival

• Molde Jazz Festival • Jazz Circuit India (Goa and Delhi) • Panama Jazz Festival

• Stockholm Jazz Festival • Loft Jazz Festival (Shenzhen, China) • Zacatecas Int. Arts Festival, Mexico

• Pori Jazz Festival • Foxglove - Hong Kong • Zinco Jazz club, Mexico City

• Jazz a Vienne • Jazzlab (Melbourne) • Jazz al Parque Festival (Bogota, Colombia)

• Nisville Jazz Festival • Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Australia • Jazz Corner (Santiago, Chile)

• Varna Jazz Festival • Jazz In The Vines Festival, Australia • Thelonious Jazz Club (Buenos Aires)

• Jamboree, Barcelona • Taranaki Int. Arts Festival, N. Zealand • Festival Jazz Plaza (Havana, Cuba)

• Clamores Jazz Club, Madrid • Queenstown Jazz Festival, N. Zealand • Ecuador Jazz Festival (Quito)

Selected Quotes

• "So fresh, it's as if boring jazz never existed." Ben Watson - The Wire, London UK

• "Outrageous and irresistible pretty well sums up the show. No matter where the music went, the dance floor was packed and people were moving in their seats and in the aisles. Bring back the Shuffle Demons soon and often! Lois Moody, Ottawa Citizen

• "The first thing you notice is the regalia. The second thing you notice, very quickly, is the music. These guys can play! The Globe and Mail, Toronto

• “Shuffle Demons, che spasso! I regazzi di Toronto sono una micidiale bomba di allegria.’  Spettacoli, Genoa  (Shuffle Demons, what fun! These Toronto boys are a killer joy bomb!)

• “Euphorisants! Le répertoire est une fête permanente a laquelle on participe autant avec la tête qu'avec les jambes. Leurs prestations scéniques sont une comédie pétillante d'excitation et de franche joie de vivre.” Le Progrès, Lyon, France

(Euphoric. Their repertoire is a perpetual party in which you participate as much with your head as with your legs. Their stage performances are a sparkling comedy of excitement and unadulterated joie de vivre)

• "A considerably but pleasantly disturbed group. Like a white Fishbone on a heavy jazz trip or Defunkt in too-narrow ballet shoes. Deservedly, the audience loved it." Het Nieuwsblad National, Belgium 

• “De Shuffle Demons swingden als duivels en waren ongetwijfeld de revelatie van de dag. Een fabuleuze drummer en een kontrabassist die zijn instrument op alle mogelijke manieren afbeult, werden geflankeerd door drie saxofonisten, maar altijd gekscherend en dodelijke akkuraat speelden.” Antwepse Morgen, Belgium 

(The Shuffle Demons swung like devils and were undoubtedly the revelation of the day. A fabulous drummer and a double bassist who abused his instrument in every possible way were backed by three saxophonists, who played with a playful and deadly accuracy.)

• “Au-dela des apparences, ls sont néanmoins porteurs d’um des jazz les plus originaux au pays, sorte de tutti frutti artistique qui valse allègrement du bop au reggae, en passant par le free jazz et le rap. Qualité assurée, tout autant qu’un solide party d’ailleurs.” Patrick Marsolais Le Devoir, Montreal 

(Beyond appearances, however, they deliver some of the most original jazz in the country, a kind of artistic tutti frutti that waltzes merrily from bebop to reggae, by way of free jazz and rap. Quality guaranteed, and a solid party too.’)