About the Show...

Vocalist SHEILA LANDIS teamed up with 7-string guitarist RICK MATLE in 1991, sensing a kindred musical spirit. Together they continue to explore jazz balladry, bebop, blues and country music, poetic excursions, Brazilian rhythms, funky/pop/classic rock and their own inventive collaborations at every performance--elegant yet edgy. Matle, a 1986 Oakland University Music Performance Graduate, combines a rocker's bravado with the jazzman's sensitivity and harmonic stretch to provide a buoyant springboard from which Landis launches her melodic flights, earning her the accolade of "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist" seven times, as bestowed by the Detroit Music Awards. In a quest to alter her tonal palette and extend her creative reach, Landis has begun to add credible vocal imitations of the trumpet and the harmonica to her jazz solos in addition to playing a variety of Latin percussion instruments. Initially inspired by the duets of Tuck and Patti, Landis and Matle similarly stretch musical boundaries and continue to inspire and challenge each other, making each performance a new adventure.