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Cosmo Alleycats

If you pass a San Francisco bar on a Friday night with a great long line of expectant patrons out front, chances are they’re all waiting to be propelled into the sonic time warp of a Cosmo Alleycats performance inside.

Cosmo Alleycats have been a favorite of the San Francisco music scene since the band’s 2010 beginning, bringing to the stage a potent mix of swing and vintage dance music with a dynamic, soulful delivery. Led by vocalist Emily Day (“one of the major singers in her field” – Scott Yanow), Cosmo Alleycats draws from several decades of exhilarating American music, along with inspired originals, to deliver a fun and engaging performance.

With fifteen years' experience performing together, Cosmo Alleycats is a well-oiled machine. But however polished their performance may be, it’s their sense of playfulness that holds the door open for the unexpected. This dynamic is evident in their 2022 album, Old Sweet Songs, a collection of Tin Pan Alley and American Songbook favorites accompanied by their original compositions, inspired by bygone styles of songwriting.

Cosmo Alleycats has performed at notable venues and festivals such as Blue Note Napa, Piedmont Piano Company, Ashkenaz, The Sound Room, House of Blues New Orleans, Maison Frenchman, SeaWorld San Diego, Fillmore Jazz Festival, SF Half Marathon, Reno's Hot August Nights, and the Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival. You can catch the band playing regularly at Local Edition, Mr. Tipple's, and Club Deluxe in San Francisco, and you've likely seen them at your cousin's wedding or your company's Holiday Party.  

The beautiful Cat-head logo was created by Vikki Day Graphic Design. Visual design elements displayed throughout this website were created by Emily Day 

Left to Right: Andrew Storar - Trumpet, Steve Height - Upright Bass, Andrew 'Carnegie' Hall, 

Emily Day - Lead Vocals, Pete Cornell - Sax & Clarinet, and Mike Burns - Drums.

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ORIGINAL SONGS

Original Songs

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Original Songs

Problème C'est Moi

Read more Original song by Emily Day of Cosmo Alleycats. Recorded live in Lafayette, CA July 11, 2022 by Mickale Jones. Emily Day - vocals Steve Height - bass Mike Burns - drums Andrew "Carnegie" Hall - piano Pete Cornell - tenor sax Justin Au - trumpet

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In A Dream

Read more Cosmo Alleycats performs original song by Emily Day, "In A Dream". Emily Day - Vocals, Andrew Hall - Piano, Steve Height - Bass, Pete Cornell - Sax, Mike Burns - Drums, Andrew Storar - Trumpet. Recorded at Piedmont Piano Company, January 28, 2021. This original song, by Cosmo Alleycats lead singer, Emily Day, is about unrequited love, and a fantasy of romance from a distance. This goes out to all the people who find themselves alone during quarantine and nervous about the prospect of distanced dating. Written in Oct. 2020.

Old Sweet Song

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Sinners' Stomp

Read more Original music by Mike Burns and Emily Day of Cosmo Alleycats

I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In

Read more This original song by Cosmo Alleycats lead singer, Emily Day, was written in May 2020. Written in response to canceled gigs and postponed contracts, with no end to quarantine in sight, the song gives permission to express feelings of doubt and sadness, rather than feeling pressured to remain positive in the face of uncertainty. Emily Day on piano & vocals, Steve Height on bass, and Lech Weirzynski on trumpet.

QUARANTINE VIDEOS

Quarantine Videos

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Quarantine Videos

Just You Just Me

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Trouble In Mind

Read more The first installment of the Cobweb Sessions, a song-video project where the Cosmo Alleycats venture into some older, folksier sounds. For early access to song videos and lots more, join Emily's Patreon page: www.patreon.com/emilyday

When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Read more In March of 2020 Cosmo Alleycats singer, Emily Day, started a Patreon page. Emily and members of Cosmo Alleycats are releasing song videos each month like this one, inspired by Nat "King" Cole's version.

Old Sweet Song

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I Found A New Baby

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Sweet Sue

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emily

Manager - Lead Singer

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steve

Bass - Founder

Drums - Founding Member

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pete

Tenor Sax - Founding Member

Piano 

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mike

Trumpet

andrew

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