The Blues and Jazz Gala began singing at the local club City. The band used to practice at the lead singer's basement. The members of The Blues and Jazz Gala met in 1977. The bassist was influenced by his dad's love of music.

The Blues and Jazz Gala plans to take a break after this next tour, allowing the band members to pursue individual projects. The band is in the first leg of the tour accompanying for their new record. The new project is 's first release since the band broke up eight years ago.

Often times, critics will commend The Blues and Jazz Gala for their ability to rile up the audience during concerts. David Gremillion, a music critic from Ann Arbor, has always been a fan of band’s superb guitarist. The Blues and Jazz Gala’s new project has received amazing praise from Larry McCarther, a music critic out of Philadelphia, and Quintin Kostner, from Raleigh.

The Blues and Jazz Gala first garnered some national attention with their first single. The group plays plenty of arenas, but would rather perform in the smaller clubs in which they started.

The Blues and Jazz Gala knew they made it when the band’s first fan club was started in 1995 by Nancy Ullmann. The fan club may have just started out with a few members that followed the band when the played in small clubs, but it quickly grew to thousands after the group released its first album and started touring nationally.

The band has never played a bad performance in Shelbyville, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. The Blues and Jazz Gala’s tickets for their latest tour are on sale on TheSeats.com, along with the schedule of all the band’s concerts.