May - the Month for Jazz Under the Stars.  A series of four performances is presented by the Labyrinth Walk Coffee House at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas.  Weather permitting, the performances will be held outdoors in the Gazebo.

Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs and may bring food and beverages (beer and wine allowed).  Tickets are $10 and are available on line or at the gate. Starting time is 7:30.  For more information, please see  http://www.labyrinthwalkcoffeehouse.com 

Shoot Low Sheriff, formed in 2008 in Dallas, is a Western Swing band whose music includes a combination of swing standards and original compositions, as well as New Orleans jazz, ragtime and jump blues.

The band consists of Erik Swanson, Brandon Lusk, Dustin Ballard, Jessica Munn , Larry Reed, Geoff Vinton, and Wayne Glasson..

The band combines strings, horns and piano, recapturing the sound of the Southern dancehalls of the ‘30s and ‘40s.  

 “We're carrying on the traditions started by Bob Wills and Milton Brown in the 1930s,” they note.

In 2009, their song "Old Alton Rag" was featured in a television commercial for Jack Daniels and in 2012, the band was named "Western Swing Group of the Year" by the Academy of Western Artists.

http://www.shootlowsheriff.com/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxC72kj3Acc

Also scheduled to appear are the E-Flat Porch Band on May 17, Lady Diamond on May 24, and Freddie Jones on May 31.