The Band

"I enjoyed your music tremendously. Keep doing what you're doing!" Jean Meyer, Towne Crier

If some people hit their mid-life crisis and get a toupee and a sports car, what do musicians do?

They form the ultimate Groove/R&B/Smooth Jazz band that can only be described as “an aphrodisiac for the spirit.” That's the story behind the dangling success! Five seasoned musicians with varied backgrounds got together to play music with the kind of soul that moves not only your feet, but your spirit too!

We are familiar with playing in many different settings. We put on a high energy show, our sax and guitar player are known for their showmanship, frequently standing on chairs in the audience. Yet we also play dinner music and background music during receptions. We do Concerts, Receptions, Corporate Events and even house parties!

On our website you'll find a representation of our original music, however we do perform a healthy dose of familiar standards as well. The covers include tunes like Grover Washington Jr.'s "Soulful Struttin'" and "Mr. Magic." We will also recall standards such as "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "Cantaloupe Island" and R&B classics like "Get Down on It," “Pick Up the Pieces,” and “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy.”

One thing is clear, the fun the band members have on stage is contagious, and the audience is quick to join in.

These veteran musicians have been making music for years with acts like the Isley Brothers, Don Mclean, The Shirelles, John Platania, Bernard Purdie and Guilherme Franco. Locally you've heard them with the Phantoms, the Big Smoothies, Flashback, and the Little Scotty and the Knockouts Jam Band. But you have never heard them like this. The dangling success is mesmerizing, intoxicating and electrifying!

Mark "Dr. Sax" Neikrowitz -- Alto & Tenor

Gioron Wilkins -- Guitar,

Mike McDonough -- Bass,

Paul Rossman -- Drums,

Daniel Odescalchi -- Piano

The Dangling Success behind the microphone recording a radio drop for Blue Plate Radio in New Haven, Connecticut. (Dan's not in the picture because he was engineering) Click here to listen to the radio drop!

News Flash!

WFDU-FM, 89.1, which transmits to the NYC metro area is airing our single "Lipstick Marks." It can also be hear online at www.SoundsofBlue.com. Uptown Jazz Network, of Charlotte, NC, has recently added "Lipstick Marks" into rotation on their evening radio broadcast. You can catch Uptown Jazz Network streaming online at http://www.geocities.com/uptownjazznet/.

The Dangling Success, has recently landed two songs from their up-coming CD on Long Island’s WJFN-FM radio station. WJFN-FM airs a program titled “Showcase” which promotes upcoming independent artists and can be heard around the world via the internet. The "Showcase" radio program, heard twice monthly Sunday evenings on www.wjfn997.com, plays music from undiscovered and unsigned artists of many genres. The station is a non-profit low-power station which is heard over the air in a small area of Long Island, NY but heard worldwide over the internet.
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The dangling success drummer Paul Rossman is joining former Dangler Steve Marnell to host a drum clinic at the NAMM show in L.A. this January. Steve Marnell, the inventor of the "Hot Hat", will be demonstrating his invention. The Hot Hat is now being manufactured and distributed world-wide by Gibraltor. Soon you'll hear the Hot Hat prominently featured on the dangling success recordings!