The Hadacol Bouncers will warm a winter's evening when they perform in concert at the Phippsburg Congregational Church on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert will feature songs from musical legends Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson and a program of New Orleans jazz, Chicago-style jazz, novelty songs and other classics from the Great American Songbook.

The group, formed in the summer of 2013 for a Portland Swing Dance Festival, is a joint effort by co-band leaders Tom Whitehead (piano, vocals and guitar) and Peter Dunphy (banjo, guitar and vocals).

Whitehead has a multi-style background in blues, New Orleans R&B and bebop piano. A fixture on the Maine jazz scene, Whitehead has been playing jazz and blues piano and guitar since the mid-80’s. Whitehead co-founded the Fogcutters Big Band of Portland.

Dunphy has been playing New Orleans and Chicago style jazz since he was 14. His father ran the very successful Bellamy Jazz Band that he continues to co-manage. He has a special love of the music of Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Duke Ellington and enjoys finding and performing rare and sometimes humorous tunes by these and other artists.

For the Hadacol band, Whitehead and Dunphy handpicked some of their favorite musicians from the Portland and Portsmouth jazz scene: on drums, Don Whitney; cornet, Ray Sapirstein; trumpet, Zach Langel; tuba, Tom Wilbur; clarinet, Net Balch.

Rafael Keilt-Freyre is a multi-talented bassist, vocalist, tres and tuba player and one of the founding members of the very successful jazz/funk group Sli Chi. Keilt-Freyre also performs on the traditional Cuban tres and singing in Spanish with the local Cuban Son band, Primo Cubano.

Bill Rayne, on trombone and vocals, was a founding member of the Bellamy Jazz Band and of the Original State Street Traditional Jazz band with trumpeter Captain John Page.

The concert will be performed at the historic 1802 Phippsburg Congregational Church, situated on the banks of the Kennebec.

The Phippsburg Congregational Church is located at 10 Church Lane (at Parker Head Road). Admission at the door is $12/adults; $6/students and children. Children under eight will be admitted free. Refreshments will be served.

For more information call 207-389-1770.