California Feetwarmers

California Feetwarmers

California Feetwarmers is a Los Angeles-based group that forms in 2012 and plays a style rooted in New Orleans jazz, ragtime, Dixieland blues, and early swing. The group is associated with horn-led ragtime, banjo-driven stomps, and traditional jazz.

Style and sound

The band focuses on a throwback approach to early 20th-century jazz, with an earthy, source-based sound that draws on New Orleans traditions around 1920. Its performances combine boisterous stage presence with arrangements and playing that stay close to the original styles it references.

Notable collaboration

The group is called on by Keb’ Mo’ to provide the feel for a track that receives a Grammy nomination. Joshua Kaufman is listed as a member.