Onyx Club Boys

BIO

*****************************************************************ONYX CLUB BOYS is an acoustic string band rooted in Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz sounds of 1930's Paris, and Stuff Smith's New York City Swing. However, being from 21st Century North Carolina, their diverse influences take the music beyond borders. It's a trip around the world, which will make you swoon, tap your feet, and realize how universally similar music really is.

They perform as a quartet with violin/guitar/vocals, guitar, upright bass, and drums, as well as a trio and duo.

100% genuine! No backing tracks necessary! Curiously exotic, yet pleasantly familiar!

"The cool dexterity of their playing binds together the broad catalog"
- Grayson Currin, music editor Indy Week, NC

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BAND MEMBERS

Gabriel Pelli - violin, guitar, vocals

Brad Cokendolpher - guitar

Aaron Gross - upright bass

Daniel Hall - drums

with frequent collaborators:

Sophie Dal-Pra - vocals

Andy Powell - upright bass

Jim Henderson - saxaphone

Logan Valleroy - violin, guitar

Mark Simonsen - guitar

*****************************************************************Notable Appearances:

Shakori Hills Festival, Festival for the Eno, Haw River Ballroom, Cat's Cradle, Raleigh First Night, Artsplosure, NC Museum of Art, WUNC’s Back Porch Music at American Tobacco Campus Durham, Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival, Triangle Swing Dance Society, Carolina Theatre of Durham, DPAC, National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Blue Ridge Music Center, Carrboro Music Festival, and many more.
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The band is scheduled to record a live album in February of 2026 at Sonark Barn Studios in Orange County, NC.

Their first album, “Million Color Vision” features catchy originals along with a few classics, and is now out of print.
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SOCIAL MEDIA

https://www.facebook.com/OnyxClubBoysNC

https://www.youtube.com/@onyxclubboys4749

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