Red Hot Ramble's irresistible blend of New Orleans soul and Canadian charm creates pure musical magic

Longstanding pianist and vocalist Roberta Hunt who had spent 14 years with legendary Traditional Jazz band ‘The Happy Pals’, (an institution of traditional jazz every Saturday afternoon at Grossman’s Tavern for over four decades on the Toronto music scene) decided to step out and try new musical adventures … one band’s ‘loss’ was another’s huge gain and Glenn and Jack knew they had the ‘voice’ and pianist of their new band.  Both Glenn and Jack had long been sidemen in the band of jump/blues musician/songwriter  ‘Big Rude Jake’ who began employing a rising star on the music scene, sax player Alison Young.  It quickly became clear that Glenn, Jack, Roberta and Alison had a certain chemistry that quickly translated into a new band on the Toronto music scene … the band is called Red Hot Ramble! When the band recorded its first CD, ‘Red Hot Ramble’ another Big Rude Jake alumni was invited to play trombone on a few cuts … his name is Jamie Stager.  Red Hot Ramble became a quintet and recently celebrated their 5th anniversary of performing wherever people and music come together!

Red Hot Ramble performs traditional jazz, blues, funk, along with second lines in the spirit of the great city of New Orleans but with a distinctly Canadian flavour!!  Music that is as at home in a jazz club as it is a music festival or a wedding and yes, even a funeral!  Red Hot Ramble is music about people … their ups and their downs ..their loves and their hates … their blues and their celebrations of life!  Guaranteed you won’t be able to sit still when you come to one of our performances … in fact Red Hot Ramble is a much for dancing as it is for listening and singing along too!
To borrow an old Louisiana saying, “Come as You Are, Leave Different”, Red Hot Ramble has a well earned reputation for their performances living up to that motto!