Felix and All the Cats

Jim Malloy

Jim Malloy sees his style as paying homage to some of the great crooners and jazz/blues interpreters of the past who gave us their take on the American Song Book. Not content with being called only a jazz singer, Jim thinks of himself as primarily a vocalist whose roots are firmly planted in that great tradition of singers.
- In my singing I try to invoke some sense of how I imagine that past to have been. The hey-days of singers like Billy Eckstein, Arthur Prysock, Nat Cole. A time when men and women enjoyed dressing well, a time when doors and seats were gladly held for ladies.
Is it just my imagination or do I sense that others want that same ambiance? In the clubs around The New York City metropolitan area where I've performed, nightclubs and restaurants such as: Arthur's, Arturo's, Birdland, DeFemio's, Favia's, Isabel's, Jam-In, Judy's, Lady Eye, La Belle Epoque, L'Auberge, Negril, Sutton Watering Hole, The Cheyenne Grill, The Cove, The F/Stop, The Newsroon, The Porthole, The Showman's Lounge, The Zinc Bar, St. Nicholas' Pub, The WestEnd, Visions and Small's, I seem to get the feeling that people are longing for a return to a civility that we believe we have lost.