"Shaun Johnson splits the difference between the dulcet urbanity

of Michael Bublé and the campy yowl of the Stray Cats' Brian Setzer.

He fronts a brassy octet he dubs Shaun Johnson's Big Band Experience

(he's also the lead singer in Tonic Sol-fa).

A retro nerd of Rat Pack vintage, his performances go for the gut in rousing fashion."