The Swinging Scots

OUR STORY

Nathan’s Fearless Five™ is a high school jazz band founded in October 2021 at Carlmont High School. With social justice and community at heart, the band was formed to raise funds for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic, a non-profit benefiting musicians and culture-bearers with inadequate or no medical insurance. Since then, the band has played regularly at the Old Skool Cafe, a youth-run, non-profit supper club where live jazz music is an essential part of its business model. The jazz-themed cafe provides job training, employment, and a second chance at life for at-risk youths in San Francisco. Next, the Fearless Five brought live jazz to its hometown since they started gigging at the Tavern in Belmont (formerly Waterdog Tavern) in July 2022. Soon after that, the band was named "Musicians in Residence" at the Palo Alto Rinconada library and is currently playing every 4th Saturday at its Embarcadero Room. We are proud to announce that Nathan's Fearless Five is invited to perform at the Jazzaffair Festival in Three Rivers, CA in April of 2024! It is the first youth band ever invited to the festival in its 49 years of history. The Fearless Five regularly performs for senior living centers, jazz educational events, etc. For upcoming and past performances, please visit the Calendar page.