Jazz Articles about Tonic

Tonic: It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Man Swings

by Dan McClenaghan
November 18, 2005

These are some snazzy sounds, and given this is Christmas music, the “fat man" in the title would be, of course, Santa Claus.At the risk of sounding Scrooge-ish, you have to pick your holiday sounds carefully in order to avoid the sap factor. The members of Tonic--a group comprised of vocalists Steve and Karen Multer, Paul Langford, and Jennifer Chada--have no sap in their systems. What they do have is some serious swing, crystalline four-part harmony, and a ...