- Dubbed “10-piece jazz sensations” by LA Weekly and “one of the hottest swing bands in LA” by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
- Their 2020 release “Good Songs for Bad Times” peaked at #3 on iTunes Jazz Chart
- Over 900,000 views for “When that Man is Dead and Gone.” See below for video.
- Paul Krugman posted Lizzy’s version of “When That Man is Dead and Gone” in recent substack (video below).
- 158,000 views for “Dance Song (for the End of the World). The video was created during the lockdown with videos by artists around the world. See below for the video.
- Sold out shows at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, The Chapel in San Francisco, City Winery in Boston and Wortham Center for the Arts in Asheville, NC.
“[Lizzy is] one part Eartha Kitt, one part Ella Fitzgerald, one part Amy Winehouse” – NPR
“Hardly a polite throwback, the Triggermen are a full-throttle, ten-piece band, with Lizzy as a strong and sultry frontwoman.” – Boston Herald
“Lizzy is a powerhouse vocalist and songwriter with a fun, femme fatale swagger.” — Broadway World
LA-based big band, Lizzy & the Triggermen, make vintage music for modern times. As NPR raves, they are “one part Eartha Kitt, one part Ella Fitzgerald, one part Amy Winehouse.” Underneath the retro glamour is a captivatingly modern band who is just as at home selling out legendary venues like the Troubadour as topping the jazz charts (#3 iTunes) alongside heavyweights like Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington.
Their shows are a joyously subversive mixture of vintage gems, showtunes, and swinging originals about everything from fast fashion to fascism. Like the songs of Prohibition Era which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill the audience with joy the way only a wailing horn section can.
At the helm is Lizzy: a charismatic siren with a searing wit and soaring voice. Her “powerhouse vocals” (Broadway World), forged singing opera, recall the great old divas while still sounding completely unique and new. Her songwriting, which Janis Ian likened to Leonard Cohen, is filled with the same biting humor she used to create TV comedies for HBO, Amazon, Legendary, CBS, and the History Channel, garnering multiple Emmy nominations.
But the star power doesn’t stop with Lizzy. It emanates through her entire incredible band, a multi-generational dream team of crushers who have played with everyone from Harry Connick Jr. to Benny Goodman. In fact, their arranger played lead trombone as well as did some arranging for Goodman’s last orchestra.
There is no doubt that what Lizzy & the Triggermen are doing is audaciously against the grain, but it is clearly resonating across a broad range of audiences. It is a testament to how versatile and visceral their music is that they have not only toured with iconic rock band, Squeeze, to standing ovations and calls for encores, but also have been selected for top festivals (Tucson Jazz Festival, SXSW), co-headlined Modernism Week alongside Samara Joy and Nancy Sinatra, and have garnered millions of views on social media.