The Owl Acoustic Lounge was packed, Oct. 3 with an audience who wanted to groove with local band the Groove Apostles.
Bassist Daniel Best, keyboardist , Daniel Yaretz, guitarist Drew Erfle, drummer Matthew Hellawell -Drum
s, saxophonist Vaughan Henning and vocalist Shelby Wilson, who has been with the band for two years, played a whole lot of toe tapping jazz.
Wilson showed off her impressive vocals and sassy attitude as she sang a variety of jazz and R and B standards and rejigged pop songs.
“It's All About the Bass” was a highlight as was “We Are Family.”
They showed they are a talented band with lots of attitude and unstoppable groove. The band members wore white smocks labelled with what each band member played — sax, keyboards bass.
Very tasteful saxophone solos stood out as did the subdued keyboards. They even added a little bit of gospel and a whole lot of soul. Shelby Wilson has a fine voice. She took a break in the middle of the second set to let the band play instrumentals.
They gave a shout out to members of the University of Lethbridge jazz appreciation class in audience writing reviews as part of their class.
